Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Pochapy, Kovelskyi Raion, Volyn Oblast

Pochapy: 1,077 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 38° 2° east of south (PVGIS). 0.7% below the oblast median (1,084). #186 of 383 in the rayon, #738 of 1120 in the oblast.

Kovel, the rayon centre, is 31 km away. 178 m above sea level. 31 km away: Kovel, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,079. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Луцьк, 95 km. 13.71 m between rows, pitch 17.48 m (latitude 51.3°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,077kWh/year
Tilt
38°2° east of south
10 kW
10,766kWh/year
Row pitch
17.48m · 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: Pochapy

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, 95 km: snow 1,240 Pa, wind 480 Pa.

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

Yield by month

33Jan52Feb93Mar117Apr129May135Jun137Jul132Aug105Sep79Oct37Nov28Dec

July: 137 kWh/kWp, December: 28 — 4.9 times less.

September: 105 against 107 in the oblast, 1.9% less.

Pochapy: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,383685140
1010,7661,370280
1516,1492,055420

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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