Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Chevel, Kovelskyi Raion, Volyn Oblast

Chevel: 1,069 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 39° 3° east of south (PVGIS). 1.4% below the oblast median (1,084). #250 of 383 in the rayon, #861 of 1120 in the oblast.

Kovel, the rayon centre, is 37 km away. 168 m above sea level. 37 km away: Kovel, the nearest bigger centre, 1,079 — 0.9% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Луцьк, 104 km. 14.29 m between rows, pitch 18.01 m (latitude 51.5°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,069kWh/year
Tilt
39°3° east of south
10 kW
10,691kWh/year
Row pitch
18.01m · GCR 0.27
T_min
-40 °Cregion I, north-western
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,240 / 480Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Chevel

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 51.5° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Луцьк, 104 km: snow 1,240 Pa, wind 480 Pa.

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

Yield by month

34Jan51Feb95Mar116Apr128May133Jun135Jul132Aug105Sep77Oct36Nov28Dec

July: 135 kWh/kWp, December: 28 — 4.8 times less.

October: 77 against 80 in the oblast, 3.8% less.

Chevel: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,346675140
1010,6911,350280
1516,0362,025420

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

How these numbers are computed

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