Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Staryi Kosiv, Kosivskyi Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast

Staryi Kosiv: 1,123 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 39° 3° east of south (PVGIS). 2.4% above the oblast median (1,097). #4 of 41 in the rayon, #83 of 700 in the oblast.

Kosiv, the rayon centre, is 3 km away. 334 m above sea level. 3 km away: Kosiv, the nearest bigger centre, 1,110 — 1.2% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Чернівці, 60 km. 11.18 m between rows, pitch 14.90 m (latitude 48.3°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,123kWh/year
Tilt
39°3° east of south
10 kW
11,231kWh/year
Row pitch
14.90m · GCR 0.32
T_min
-38 °Cregion IIIA, Carpathian
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,320 / 500Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Staryi Kosiv

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.3° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Чернівці, 60 km: snow 1,320 Pa, wind 500 Pa.

  • No sign-up
  • Snow and wind check
  • Drawings and estimate

Yield by month

54Jan66Feb95Mar111Apr122May119Jun130Jul128Aug108Sep90Oct55Nov45Dec

July: 130 kWh/kWp, December: 45 — 2.9 times less.

December: 45 against 38 in the oblast, 18.4% more.

Staryi Kosiv: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,616650225
1011,2311,300450
1516,8471,950675

Snow and wind: Чернівці

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Chernivtsi: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 412 kg of steel, 16 piles, materials ≈ 54,638 UAH.

The whole frame: drawing, BOM, checks

How these numbers are computed

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Preliminary calculation: a design needs an engineer’s check.