Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Horodkivka, Drohobytskyi Raion, Lviv Oblast

Horodkivka: 1,089 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 38° 1° west of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,084). #9 of 91 in the rayon, #573 of 1532 in the oblast.

Drohobych, the rayon centre, is 20 km away. 260 m above sea level. 20 km away: Drohobych, the nearest bigger centre, 1,073 — 1.4% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Львів, 47 km. 11.88 m between rows, pitch 15.65 m (latitude 49.5°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,089kWh/year
Tilt
38°1° west of south
10 kW
10,887kWh/year
Row pitch
15.65m · 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: Horodkivka

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, 47 km: snow 1,310 Pa, wind 520 Pa.

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

Yield by month

40Jan55Feb93Mar115Apr124May126Jun133Jul132Aug108Sep84Oct45Nov33Dec

July: 133 kWh/kWp, December: 33 — 4.0 times less.

December: 33 against 32 in the oblast, 3.1% more.

Horodkivka: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,444665165
1010,8871,330330
1516,3311,995495

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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