Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Lukivka, Kovelskyi Raion, Volyn Oblast

Lukivka: 1,075 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 38° 3° east of south (PVGIS). 0.9% below the oblast median (1,084). #196 of 383 in the rayon, #756 of 1120 in the oblast.

Kovel, the rayon centre, is 25 km away. 172 m above sea level. 25 km away: Kovel, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,079. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Луцьк, 60 km. 13.69 m between rows, pitch 17.46 m (latitude 51.3°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,075kWh/year
Tilt
38°3° east of south
10 kW
10,751kWh/year
Row pitch
17.46m · 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: Lukivka

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 51.3° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Луцьк, 60 km: snow 1,240 Pa, wind 480 Pa.

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

Yield by month

32Jan51Feb96Mar117Apr129May135Jun135Jul135Aug106Sep78Oct36Nov27Dec

June: 135 kWh/kWp, December: 27 — 5.0 times less.

December: 27 against 28 in the oblast, 3.6% less.

Lukivka: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJuneDecember
55,376675135
1010,7511,350270
1516,1262,025405

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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