Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Kotovane, Drohobytskyi Raion, Lviv Oblast

Kotovane: 1,075 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 39° 1° east of south (PVGIS). 0.8% below the oblast median (1,084). #35 of 91 in the rayon, #1198 of 1532 in the oblast.

Drohobych, the rayon centre, is 16 km away. 310 m above sea level. 13 km away: Sambir, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,074. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Львів, 66 km. 12.11 m between rows, pitch 15.83 m (latitude 49.4°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,075kWh/year
Tilt
39°1° east of south
10 kW
10,746kWh/year
Row pitch
15.83m · 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: Kotovane

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 49.4° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Львів, 66 km: snow 1,310 Pa, wind 520 Pa.

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

Yield by month

44Jan59Feb91Mar111Apr118May121Jun129Jul128Aug106Sep84Oct48Nov37Dec

July: 129 kWh/kWp, December: 37 — 3.5 times less.

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

Kotovane: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,373645185
1010,7461,290370
1516,1191,935555

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

Nearby

All places: Drohobytskyi RaionLviv Oblast: rayons and towns

Free calculators

Sources

Preliminary calculation: a design needs an engineer’s check.