Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Volova, Verkhovynskyi Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast

Volova: 1,039 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 38° 16° east of south (PVGIS). 5.3% below the oblast median (1,097). #30 of 41 in the rayon, #640 of 700 in the oblast.

Verkhovyna, the rayon centre, is 12 km away. 842 m above sea level — above 500 m the DBN snow and wind are higher. 12 km away: Verkhovyna, the nearest bigger centre, 1,074 — 3.2% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Івано-Франківськ, 77 km. 10.86 m between rows, pitch 14.63 m (latitude 48.2°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,039kWh/year
Tilt
38°16° east of south
10 kW
10,389kWh/year
Row pitch
14.63m · GCR 0.33
T_min
-38 °Cregion IIIA, Carpathian
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,410 / 500Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Volova

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.2° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Івано-Франківськ, 77 km: snow 1,410 Pa, wind 500 Pa.

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  • Snow and wind check
  • Drawings and estimate

Yield by month

48Jan64Feb91Mar102Apr110May111Jun121Jul119Aug99Sep83Oct53Nov37Dec

July: 121 kWh/kWp, December: 37 — 3.3 times less.

May: 110 against 124 in the oblast, 11.3% less.

Volova: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,195605185
1010,3891,210370
1515,5841,815555

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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