Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Kotsiury, Kovelskyi Raion, Volyn Oblast

Kotsiury: 1,079 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 39° 3° east of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,084). #156 of 383 in the rayon, #674 of 1120 in the oblast.

Kovel, the rayon centre, is 50 km away. 181 m above sea level. 45 km away: Volodymyr-Volynskyi, the nearest bigger centre, 1,100 — 1.9% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Луцьк, 106 km. 13.92 m between rows, pitch 17.64 m (latitude 51.2°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,079kWh/year
Tilt
39°3° east of south
10 kW
10,794kWh/year
Row pitch
17.64m · 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: Kotsiury

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

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  • Snow and wind check
  • Drawings and estimate

Yield by month

34Jan54Feb93Mar116Apr128May134Jun136Jul131Aug105Sep80Oct38Nov29Dec

July: 136 kWh/kWp, December: 29 — 4.7 times less.

February: 54 against 52 in the oblast, 3.8% more.

Kotsiury: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,397680145
1010,7941,360290
1516,1912,040435

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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