Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Bolekhivtsi, Drohobytskyi Raion, Lviv Oblast

Bolekhivtsi: 1,074 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 38° 2° east of south (PVGIS). 0.9% below the oblast median (1,084). #42 of 91 in the rayon, #1230 of 1532 in the oblast.

Drohobych, the rayon centre, is 7 km away. 300 m above sea level. 7 km away: Drohobych, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,073. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Львів, 65 km. 11.75 m between rows, pitch 15.52 m (latitude 49.3°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,074kWh/year
Tilt
38°2° east of south
10 kW
10,737kWh/year
Row pitch
15.52m · GCR 0.31
T_min
-40 °Cregion I, north-western
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,310 / 520Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Bolekhivtsi

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 49.3° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Львів, 65 km: snow 1,310 Pa, wind 520 Pa.

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

Yield by month

44Jan59Feb91Mar109Apr119May121Jun130Jul127Aug106Sep84Oct47Nov37Dec

July: 130 kWh/kWp, December: 37 — 3.5 times less.

December: 37 against 32 in the oblast, 15.6% more.

Bolekhivtsi: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,369650185
1010,7371,300370
1516,1061,950555

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.