Solar plant: site data
Solar power plant in Melnyky-Richytski, Kovelskyi Raion, Volyn Oblast
Melnyky-Richytski: 1,075 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 39° 3° east of south (PVGIS). 0.9% below the oblast median (1,084). #197 of 383 in the rayon, #758 of 1120 in the oblast.
Kovel, the rayon centre, is 58 km away. 156 m above sea level. 22 km away: Kamin-Kashyrskyi, the nearest bigger centre, 1,058 — 1.7% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Луцьк, 118 km. 14.58 m between rows, pitch 18.30 m (latitude 51.7°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,075kWh/year
- Tilt
- 39°3° east of south
- 10 kW
- 10,750kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 18.30m · 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: Melnyky-Richytski
The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 51.7° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Луцьк, 118 km: snow 1,240 Pa, wind 480 Pa.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
July: 136 kWh/kWp, December: 27 — 5.0 times less.
January: 31 against 33 in the oblast, 6.1% less.
| kWp | A year | July | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,375 | 680 | 135 |
| 10 | 10,750 | 1,360 | 270 |
| 15 | 16,125 | 2,040 | 405 |
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.
How these numbers are computed
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Sources
- PVGIS © European Union, 2001–2026 — yield, tilt and azimuth, data as of 2026-10-10
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — coordinates, elevation and divisions (changed)
- DBN V.1.2-2:2006, DSTU-N B V.1.1-27:2010
- How these numbers are computed
Preliminary calculation: a design needs an engineer’s check.