Solar plant: site data
Solar power plant in Volchukhov, Lvivskyi Raion, Lviv Oblast
Volchukhov: 1,085 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 38° 1° west of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,084). #294 of 356 in the rayon, #695 of 1532 in the oblast.
Lviv, the rayon centre, is 36 km away. 252 m above sea level. 20 km away: Yavoriv, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,085. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Львів, 36 km. 12.16 m between rows, pitch 15.93 m (latitude 49.8°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,085kWh/year
- Tilt
- 38°1° west of south
- 10 kW
- 10,854kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 15.93m · 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: Volchukhov
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, 36 km: snow 1,310 Pa, wind 520 Pa.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
July: 134 kWh/kWp, December: 30 — 4.5 times less.
December: 30 against 32 in the oblast, 6.3% less.
| kWp | A year | July | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,427 | 670 | 150 |
| 10 | 10,854 | 1,340 | 300 |
| 15 | 16,281 | 2,010 | 450 |
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.
How these numbers are computed
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Sources
- PVGIS © European Union, 2001–2026 — yield, tilt and azimuth, data as of 2026-10-10
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — coordinates, elevation and divisions (changed)
- DBN V.1.2-2:2006, DSTU-N B V.1.1-27:2010
- How these numbers are computed
Preliminary calculation: a design needs an engineer’s check.