Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Tsvitova, Kaluskyi Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast

Tsvitova: 1,101 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 38° 1° west of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,097). #6 of 162 in the rayon, #287 of 700 in the oblast.

Kalush, the rayon centre, is 23 km away. 238 m above sea level. 22 km away: Halych, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,104. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Івано-Франківськ, 38 km. 11.66 m between rows, pitch 15.43 m (latitude 49.2°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,101kWh/year
Tilt
38°1° west of south
10 kW
11,011kWh/year
Row pitch
15.43m · GCR 0.31
T_min
-38 °Cregion IIIA, Carpathian
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,410 / 500Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Tsvitova

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 49.2° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Івано-Франківськ, 38 km: snow 1,410 Pa, wind 500 Pa.

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  • Snow and wind check
  • Drawings and estimate

Yield by month

42Jan55Feb95Mar116Apr126May127Jun135Jul132Aug109Sep85Oct43Nov34Dec

July: 135 kWh/kWp, December: 34 — 4.0 times less.

December: 34 against 38 in the oblast, 10.5% less.

Tsvitova: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,506675170
1011,0111,350340
1516,5172,025510

Snow and wind: Івано-Франківськ

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Ivano-Frankivsk: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 410 kg of steel, 16 piles, materials ≈ 54,212 UAH.

The whole frame: drawing, BOM, checks

How these numbers are computed

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