Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Rivne, Kovelskyi Raion, Volyn Oblast

Rivne: 1,078 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 39° 3° east of south (PVGIS). 0.6% below the oblast median (1,084). #168 of 383 in the rayon, #702 of 1120 in the oblast.

Kovel, the rayon centre, is 62 km away. 171 m above sea level. 55 km away: Volodymyr-Volynskyi, the nearest bigger centre, 1,100 — 2.0% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Луцьк, 118 km. 13.96 m between rows, pitch 17.68 m (latitude 51.2°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,078kWh/year
Tilt
39°3° east of south
10 kW
10,778kWh/year
Row pitch
17.68m · 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: Rivne

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

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

Yield by month

34Jan53Feb93Mar117Apr128May134Jun136Jul131Aug105Sep80Oct38Nov28Dec

July: 136 kWh/kWp, December: 28 — 4.9 times less.

January: 34 against 33 in the oblast, 3.0% more.

Rivne: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,389680140
1010,7781,360280
1516,1672,040420

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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