Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Krotoshyn, Lvivskyi Raion, Lviv Oblast

Krotoshyn: 1,087 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 38° facing south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,084). #284 of 356 in the rayon, #666 of 1532 in the oblast.

Lviv, the rayon centre, is 11 km away. 325 m above sea level. 11 km away: Lviv, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,084. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Львів, 11 km. 12.13 m between rows, pitch 15.90 m (latitude 49.8°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,087kWh/year
Tilt
38°facing south
10 kW
10,865kWh/year
Row pitch
15.90m · 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: Krotoshyn

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 49.8° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Львів, 11 km: snow 1,310 Pa, wind 520 Pa.

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

Yield by month

42Jan58Feb93Mar113Apr123May126Jun132Jul132Aug107Sep84Oct43Nov33Dec

July: 132 kWh/kWp, December: 33 — 4.0 times less.

January: 42 against 39 in the oblast, 7.7% more.

Krotoshyn: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,433660165
1010,8651,320330
1516,2981,980495

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.