Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Volchkuv, Chortkivskyi Raion, Ternopil Oblast

Volchkuv: 1,117 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° 1° west of south (PVGIS). 2.2% above the oblast median (1,093). #149 of 296 in the rayon, #149 of 744 in the oblast.

Chortkiv, the rayon centre, is 34 km away. 162 m above sea level. 22 km away: Zastavna, the nearest bigger centre, 1,131 — 1.3% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Чернівці, 48 km. 10.73 m between rows, pitch 14.60 m (latitude 48.7°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,117kWh/year
Tilt
36°1° west of south
10 kW
11,165kWh/year
Row pitch
14.60m · GCR 0.33
T_min
-38 °Cregion IIIA, Carpathian
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,320 / 500Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Volchkuv

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.7° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Чернівці, 48 km: snow 1,320 Pa, wind 500 Pa.

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

Yield by month

39Jan53Feb95Mar118Apr132May132Jun139Jul136Aug113Sep86Oct41Nov32Dec

July: 139 kWh/kWp, December: 32 — 4.3 times less.

January: 39 against 34 in the oblast, 14.7% more.

Volchkuv: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,583695160
1011,1651,390320
1516,7482,085480

Snow and wind: Чернівці

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Chernivtsi: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 412 kg of steel, 16 piles, materials ≈ 54,638 UAH.

The whole frame: drawing, BOM, checks

How these numbers are computed

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