Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Lokets, Drohobytskyi Raion, Lviv Oblast

Lokets: 1,032 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 1° west of south (PVGIS). 4.8% below the oblast median (1,084). #82 of 91 in the rayon, #1455 of 1532 in the oblast.

Drohobych, the rayon centre, is 23 km away. 481 m above sea level. 23 km away: Drohobych, the nearest bigger centre, 1,073 — 3.8% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Львів, 89 km. 11.37 m between rows, pitch 15.19 m (latitude 49.2°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,032kWh/year
Tilt
37°1° west of south
10 kW
10,323kWh/year
Row pitch
15.19m · 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: Lokets

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 49.2° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Львів, 89 km: snow 1,310 Pa, wind 520 Pa.

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

Yield by month

44Jan56Feb88Mar105Apr113May115Jun124Jul123Aug101Sep80Oct47Nov36Dec

July: 124 kWh/kWp, December: 36 — 3.4 times less.

January: 44 against 39 in the oblast, 12.8% more.

Lokets: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,162620180
1010,3231,240360
1515,4851,860540

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.