Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Dovhonosy, Kovelskyi Raion, Volyn Oblast

Dovhonosy: 1,078 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 38° 2° east of south (PVGIS). 0.6% below the oblast median (1,084). #171 of 383 in the rayon, #709 of 1120 in the oblast.

Kovel, the rayon centre, is 8 km away. 184 m above sea level. 8 km away: Kovel, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,079. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Луцьк, 71 km. 13.62 m between rows, pitch 17.39 m (latitude 51.2°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,078kWh/year
Tilt
38°2° east of south
10 kW
10,775kWh/year
Row pitch
17.39m · GCR 0.28
T_min
-40 °Cregion I, north-western
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,240 / 480Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Dovhonosy

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 51.2° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Луцьк, 71 km: snow 1,240 Pa, wind 480 Pa.

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

Yield by month

35Jan52Feb94Mar116Apr129May134Jun135Jul133Aug105Sep79Oct37Nov28Dec

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

January: 35 against 33 in the oblast, 6.1% more.

Dovhonosy: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,388675140
1010,7751,350280
1516,1632,025420

Snow and wind: Луцьк

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Lutsk: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 387 kg of steel, 14 piles, materials ≈ 51,425 UAH.

The whole frame: drawing, BOM, checks

How these numbers are computed

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