Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Brody, Kovelskyi Raion, Volyn Oblast

Brody: 1,060 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 39° 3° east of south (PVGIS). 2.3% below the oblast median (1,084). #361 of 383 in the rayon, #1042 of 1120 in the oblast.

Kovel, the rayon centre, is 62 km away. 152 m above sea level. 34 km away: Kamin-Kashyrskyi, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,058. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Луцьк, 126 km. 14.62 m between rows, pitch 18.34 m (latitude 51.8°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,060kWh/year
Tilt
39°3° east of south
10 kW
10,596kWh/year
Row pitch
18.34m · GCR 0.26
T_min
-40 °Cregion I, north-western
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,240 / 480Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Brody

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 51.8° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Луцьк, 126 km: snow 1,240 Pa, wind 480 Pa.

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

Yield by month

32Jan51Feb94Mar115Apr128May134Jun134Jul131Aug105Sep75Oct34Nov26Dec

June: 134 kWh/kWp, December: 26 — 5.2 times less.

November: 34 against 37 in the oblast, 8.1% less.

Brody: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJuneDecember
55,298670130
1010,5961,340260
1515,8942,010390

Snow and wind: Луцьк

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Lutsk: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 376 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 50,491 UAH.

The whole frame: drawing, BOM, checks

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