Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Merva, Lutskyi Raion, Volyn Oblast

Merva: 1,090 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 38° 1° east of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,084). #204 of 355 in the rayon, #405 of 1120 in the oblast.

Lutsk, the rayon centre, is 50 km away. 205 m above sea level. 50 km away: Dubno, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,089. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Луцьк, 49 km. 12.70 m between rows, pitch 16.47 m (latitude 50.3°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,090kWh/year
Tilt
38°1° east of south
10 kW
10,895kWh/year
Row pitch
16.47m · GCR 0.29
T_min
-40 °Cregion I, north-western
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,240 / 480Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Merva

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 50.3° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Луцьк, 49 km: snow 1,240 Pa, wind 480 Pa.

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

Yield by month

34Jan54Feb95Mar117Apr128May133Jun134Jul134Aug108Sep83Oct41Nov30Dec

July: 134 kWh/kWp, December: 30 — 4.5 times less.

November: 41 against 37 in the oblast, 10.8% more.

Merva: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,448670150
1010,8951,340300
1516,3432,010450

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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