Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Sofiivka, Lutskyi Raion, Volyn Oblast

Sofiivka: 1,094 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 38° facing south (PVGIS). 0.9% above the oblast median (1,084). #110 of 355 in the rayon, #232 of 1120 in the oblast.

Lutsk, the rayon centre, is 37 km away. 238 m above sea level. 37 km away: Lutsk, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,090. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Луцьк, 36 km. 12.91 m between rows, pitch 16.68 m (latitude 50.6°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,094kWh/year
Tilt
38°facing south
10 kW
10,944kWh/year
Row pitch
16.68m · 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: Sofiivka

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 50.6° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Луцьк, 36 km: snow 1,240 Pa, wind 480 Pa.

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

Yield by month

33Jan49Feb91Mar119Apr131May136Jun137Jul136Aug109Sep84Oct41Nov28Dec

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

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

Sofiivka: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,472685140
1010,9441,370280
1516,4162,055420

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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