Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Kostopil, Rivnenskyi Raion, Rivne Oblast

Kostopil: 1,085 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 38° 3° east of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,084). #313 of 450 in the rayon, #486 of 1044 in the oblast.

Rivne, the rayon centre, is 32 km away. 169 m above sea level. 32 km away: Rivne, the nearest bigger centre, 1,094 — 0.9% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Рівне, 32 km. 13.26 m between rows, pitch 17.03 m (latitude 50.9°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,085kWh/year
Tilt
38°3° east of south
10 kW
10,846kWh/year
Row pitch
17.03m · GCR 0.28
T_min
-40 °Cregion I, north-western
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,320 / 520Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Kostopil

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 50.9° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Рівне, 32 km: snow 1,320 Pa, wind 520 Pa.

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

Yield by month

34Jan56Feb90Mar117Apr131May135Jun137Jul134Aug108Sep80Oct36Nov27Dec

July: 137 kWh/kWp, December: 27 — 5.1 times less.

January: 34 against 32 in the oblast, 6.3% more.

Kostopil: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,423685135
1010,8461,370270
1516,2692,055405

Snow and wind: Рівне

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Rivne: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 415 kg of steel, 16 piles, materials ≈ 55,054 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.