Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Borshchiv, Lvivskyi Raion, Lviv Oblast

Borshchiv: 1,078 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° facing south (PVGIS). 0.5% below the oblast median (1,084). #335 of 356 in the rayon, #1057 of 1532 in the oblast.

Lviv, the rayon centre, is 46 km away. 295 m above sea level. 27 km away: Zolochiv, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,081. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Львів, 45 km. 11.78 m between rows, pitch 15.60 m (latitude 49.7°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,078kWh/year
Tilt
37°facing south
10 kW
10,783kWh/year
Row pitch
15.60m · 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: Borshchiv

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 49.7° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Львів, 45 km: snow 1,310 Pa, wind 520 Pa.

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

Yield by month

36Jan55Feb92Mar114Apr125May128Jun134Jul132Aug108Sep83Oct40Nov30Dec

July: 134 kWh/kWp, December: 30 — 4.5 times less.

November: 40 against 44 in the oblast, 9.1% less.

Borshchiv: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,392670150
1010,7831,340300
1516,1752,010450

Snow and wind: Львів

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Lviv: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 350 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 52,606 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.