Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Kovel, Kovelskyi Raion, Volyn Oblast

Kovel: 1,079 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 38° 2° east of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,084). #159 of 383 in the rayon, #679 of 1120 in the oblast.

Kovel is the rayon centre. 175 m above sea level. 68 km away: Lutsk, the nearest bigger centre, 1,090 — 1.0% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Луцьк, 68 km. 13.64 m between rows, pitch 17.41 m (latitude 51.2°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,079kWh/year
Tilt
38°2° east of south
10 kW
10,791kWh/year
Row pitch
17.41m · 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: Kovel

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

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  • Snow and wind check
  • Drawings and estimate

Yield by month

34Jan53Feb94Mar116Apr129May134Jun135Jul134Aug106Sep79Oct37Nov28Dec

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

January: 34 against 33 in the oblast, 3.0% more.

Kovel: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,396675140
1010,7911,350280
1516,1862,025420

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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Preliminary calculation: a design needs an engineer’s check.