Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Bachiv, Lvivskyi Raion, Lviv Oblast

Bachiv: 1,092 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 38° facing south (PVGIS). 0.7% above the oblast median (1,084). #166 of 356 in the rayon, #399 of 1532 in the oblast.

Lviv, the rayon centre, is 56 km away. 300 m above sea level. 15 km away: Rohatyn, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,094. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Львів, 56 km. 11.94 m between rows, pitch 15.71 m (latitude 49.5°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,092kWh/year
Tilt
38°facing south
10 kW
10,918kWh/year
Row pitch
15.71m · GCR 0.30
T_min
-40 °Cregion I, north-western
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,310 / 520Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Bachiv

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 49.5° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Львів, 56 km: snow 1,310 Pa, wind 520 Pa.

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

Yield by month

40Jan57Feb94Mar114Apr126May128Jun134Jul132Aug109Sep84Oct42Nov32Dec

July: 134 kWh/kWp, December: 32 — 4.2 times less.

November: 42 against 44 in the oblast, 4.5% less.

Bachiv: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,459670160
1010,9181,340320
1516,3772,010480

Snow and wind: Львів

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Lviv: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 376 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 50,491 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.