Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Zhdanivka, Drohobytskyi Raion, Lviv Oblast

Zhdanivka: 1,037 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 38° 5° east of south (PVGIS). 4.3% below the oblast median (1,084). #80 of 91 in the rayon, #1437 of 1532 in the oblast.

Drohobych, the rayon centre, is 27 km away. 626 m above sea level — above 500 m the DBN snow and wind are higher. 25 km away: Sambir, the nearest bigger centre, 1,074 — 3.4% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Львів, 88 km. 11.72 m between rows, pitch 15.49 m (latitude 49.3°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,037kWh/year
Tilt
38°5° east of south
10 kW
10,373kWh/year
Row pitch
15.49m · 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: Zhdanivka

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

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  • Snow and wind check
  • Drawings and estimate

Yield by month

44Jan58Feb88Mar105Apr113May115Jun124Jul123Aug102Sep82Oct49Nov33Dec

July: 124 kWh/kWp, December: 33 — 3.8 times less.

January: 44 against 39 in the oblast, 12.8% more.

Zhdanivka: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,187620165
1010,3731,240330
1515,5601,860495

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.