Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Zhvanets, Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast

Zhvanets: 1,137 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° facing south (PVGIS). 3.4% above the oblast median (1,100). #67 of 226 in the rayon, #67 of 1109 in the oblast.

Kamyanets-Podilskyi, the rayon centre, is 16 km away. 159 m above sea level. 16 km away: Kamyanets-Podilskyi, the nearest bigger centre, 1,129 — 0.8% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Чернівці, 50 km. 10.86 m between rows, pitch 14.68 m (latitude 48.5°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,137kWh/year
Tilt
37°facing south
10 kW
11,373kWh/year
Row pitch
14.68m · GCR 0.33
T_min
-38 °Cregion IIIA, Carpathian
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,320 / 500Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Zhvanets

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.5° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Чернівці, 50 km: snow 1,320 Pa, wind 500 Pa.

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  • Snow and wind check
  • Drawings and estimate

Yield by month

37Jan54Feb95Mar120Apr135May135Jun143Jul140Aug116Sep87Oct43Nov33Dec

July: 143 kWh/kWp, December: 33 — 4.3 times less.

November: 43 against 37 in the oblast, 16.2% more.

Zhvanets: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,687715165
1011,3731,430330
1517,0602,145495

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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