Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Smilna, Drohobytskyi Raion, Lviv Oblast

Smilna: 1,042 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 38° facing south (PVGIS). 3.9% below the oblast median (1,084). #78 of 91 in the rayon, #1411 of 1532 in the oblast.

Drohobych, the rayon centre, is 24 km away. 541 m above sea level — above 500 m the DBN snow and wind are higher. 24 km away: Drohobych, the nearest bigger centre, 1,073 — 3.0% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Львів, 87 km. 11.71 m between rows, pitch 15.48 m (latitude 49.3°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,042kWh/year
Tilt
38°facing south
10 kW
10,415kWh/year
Row pitch
15.48m · 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: Smilna

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 49.3° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Львів, 87 km: snow 1,310 Pa, wind 520 Pa.

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

Yield by month

42Jan59Feb90Mar106Apr113May116Jun124Jul123Aug102Sep83Oct49Nov34Dec

July: 124 kWh/kWp, December: 34 — 3.6 times less.

November: 49 against 44 in the oblast, 11.4% more.

Smilna: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,208620170
1010,4151,240340
1515,6231,860510

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.