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

32Jan52Feb96Mar118Apr131May136Jun136Jul135Aug108Sep80Oct37Nov27Dec

June: 136 kWh/kWp, December: 27 — 5.0 times less.

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

Melnytsia: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJuneDecember
55,440680135
1010,8791,360270
1516,3192,040405

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