Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Kositsy, Kovelskyi Raion, Volyn Oblast

Kositsy: 1,061 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 39° 4° east of south (PVGIS). 2.2% below the oblast median (1,084). #350 of 383 in the rayon, #1023 of 1120 in the oblast.

Kovel, the rayon centre, is 72 km away. 152 m above sea level. 44 km away: Kamin-Kashyrskyi, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,058. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Луцьк, 137 km. 14.71 m between rows, pitch 18.43 m (latitude 51.8°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,061kWh/year
Tilt
39°4° east of south
10 kW
10,609kWh/year
Row pitch
18.43m · 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: Kositsy

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, 137 km: snow 1,240 Pa, wind 480 Pa.

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

Yield by month

31Jan53Feb94Mar116Apr128May133Jun134Jul131Aug105Sep75Oct34Nov26Dec

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

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

Kositsy: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,305670130
1010,6091,340260
1515,9142,010390

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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