Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Rakovets, Lvivskyi Raion, Lviv Oblast

Rakovets: 1,074 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 38° facing south (PVGIS). 0.9% below the oblast median (1,084). #347 of 356 in the rayon, #1216 of 1532 in the oblast.

Lviv, the rayon centre, is 21 km away. 293 m above sea level. 21 km away: Lviv, the nearest bigger centre, 1,084 — 0.9% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Львів, 21 km. 12.04 m between rows, pitch 15.81 m (latitude 49.7°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,074kWh/year
Tilt
38°facing south
10 kW
10,741kWh/year
Row pitch
15.81m · 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: Rakovets

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 49.7° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Львів, 21 km: snow 1,310 Pa, wind 520 Pa.

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

Yield by month

42Jan56Feb91Mar112Apr122May124Jun131Jul130Aug106Sep83Oct44Nov34Dec

July: 131 kWh/kWp, December: 34 — 3.9 times less.

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

Rakovets: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,371655170
1010,7411,310340
1516,1111,965510

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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