Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Potelych, Lvivskyi Raion, Lviv Oblast

Potelych: 1,078 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 38° facing south (PVGIS). 0.6% below the oblast median (1,084). #338 of 356 in the rayon, #1085 of 1532 in the oblast.

Lviv, the rayon centre, is 53 km away. 258 m above sea level. 32 km away: Yavoriv, the nearest bigger centre, 1,085 — 0.7% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Львів, 53 km. 12.56 m between rows, pitch 16.33 m (latitude 50.2°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,078kWh/year
Tilt
38°facing south
10 kW
10,777kWh/year
Row pitch
16.33m · GCR 0.29
T_min
-40 °Cregion I, north-western
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,310 / 520Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Potelych

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 50.2° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Львів, 53 km: snow 1,310 Pa, wind 520 Pa.

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

Yield by month

39Jan57Feb92Mar113Apr124May128Jun132Jul130Aug105Sep82Oct43Nov32Dec

July: 132 kWh/kWp, December: 32 — 4.1 times less.

September: 105 against 108 in the oblast, 2.8% less.

Potelych: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,389660160
1010,7771,320320
1516,1661,980480

Snow and wind: Львів

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Lviv: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 350 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 52,606 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.