Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Kovalivka, Vyshhorodskyi Raion, Kyiv Oblast

Kovalivka: 1,101 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 38° 3° east of south (PVGIS). 1.9% below the oblast median (1,122). #58 of 169 in the rayon, #935 of 1071 in the oblast.

Vyshhorod, the rayon centre, is 68 km away. 123 m above sea level. 64 km away: Bucha, the nearest bigger centre, 1,092 — 0.8% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Київ, 82 km. 13.52 m between rows, pitch 17.29 m (latitude 51.1°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,101kWh/year
Tilt
38°3° east of south
10 kW
11,006kWh/year
Row pitch
17.29m · GCR 0.28
T_min
-40 °Cregion I, north-western
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,550 / 370Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Kovalivka

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 51.1° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Київ, 82 km: snow 1,550 Pa, wind 370 Pa.

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

Yield by month

35Jan57Feb94Mar118Apr134May141Jun139Jul134Aug111Sep78Oct34Nov25Dec

June: 141 kWh/kWp, December: 25 — 5.6 times less.

December: 25 against 27 in the oblast, 7.4% less.

Kovalivka: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJuneDecember
55,503705125
1011,0061,410250
1516,5092,115375

Snow and wind: Київ

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Kyiv: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 376 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 47,122 UAH.

The whole frame: drawing, BOM, checks

How these numbers are computed

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