Solar plant: site data
Solar power plant in Melnytsia, Kovelskyi Raion, Volyn Oblast
Melnytsia: 1,088 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 38° 2° east of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,084). #60 of 383 in the rayon, #453 of 1120 in the oblast.
Kovel, the rayon centre, is 29 km away. 170 m above sea level. 29 km away: Kovel, the nearest bigger centre, 1,079 — 0.8% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Луцьк, 48 km. 13.57 m between rows, pitch 17.34 m (latitude 51.2°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,088kWh/year
- Tilt
- 38°2° east of south
- 10 kW
- 10,879kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 17.34m · GCR 0.28
- T_min
- -40 °Cregion I, north-western
- Snow S₀ / wind W₀
- 1,240 / 480Pa
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Melnytsia
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, 48 km: snow 1,240 Pa, wind 480 Pa.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
June: 136 kWh/kWp, December: 27 — 5.0 times less.
December: 27 against 28 in the oblast, 3.6% less.
| kWp | A year | June | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,440 | 680 | 135 |
| 10 | 10,879 | 1,360 | 270 |
| 15 | 16,319 | 2,040 | 405 |
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.
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.