Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Buchmy, Lvivskyi Raion, Lviv Oblast

Buchmy: 1,099 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 38° 1° east of south (PVGIS). 1.4% above the oblast median (1,084). #28 of 356 in the rayon, #76 of 1532 in the oblast.

Lviv, the rayon centre, is 40 km away. 222 m above sea level. 38 km away: Sheptytskyi, the nearest bigger centre, 1,079 — 1.9% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Львів, 40 km. 12.53 m between rows, pitch 16.30 m (latitude 50.2°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,099kWh/year
Tilt
38°1° east of south
10 kW
10,992kWh/year
Row pitch
16.30m · GCR 0.29
T_min
-40 °Cregion I, north-western
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,310 / 520Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Buchmy

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 50.2° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Львів, 40 km: snow 1,310 Pa, wind 520 Pa.

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

Yield by month

38Jan58Feb96Mar116Apr127May129Jun134Jul132Aug108Sep85Oct45Nov32Dec

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

February: 58 against 56 in the oblast, 3.6% more.

Buchmy: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,496670160
1010,9921,340320
1516,4882,010480

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.