Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Pidhaytsi, Lvivskyi Raion, Lviv Oblast

Pidhaytsi: 1,091 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 38° facing south (PVGIS). 0.7% above the oblast median (1,084). #179 of 356 in the rayon, #426 of 1532 in the oblast.

Lviv, the rayon centre, is 18 km away. 293 m above sea level. 18 km away: Lviv, the nearest bigger centre, 1,084 — 0.6% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Львів, 18 km. 12.14 m between rows, pitch 15.91 m (latitude 49.8°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,091kWh/year
Tilt
38°facing south
10 kW
10,912kWh/year
Row pitch
15.91m · 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: Pidhaytsi

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

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

Yield by month

41Jan57Feb95Mar115Apr125May127Jun133Jul131Aug108Sep83Oct44Nov32Dec

July: 133 kWh/kWp, December: 32 — 4.2 times less.

January: 41 against 39 in the oblast, 5.1% more.

Pidhaytsi: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,456665160
1010,9121,330320
1516,3681,995480

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.