Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Somyn, Kovelskyi Raion, Volyn Oblast

Somyn: 1,085 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 38° 2° east of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,084). #85 of 383 in the rayon, #551 of 1120 in the oblast.

Kovel, the rayon centre, is 25 km away. 194 m above sea level. 25 km away: Kovel, the nearest bigger centre, 1,079 — 0.5% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Луцьк, 85 km. 13.62 m between rows, pitch 17.39 m (latitude 51.2°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,085kWh/year
Tilt
38°2° east of south
10 kW
10,846kWh/year
Row pitch
17.39m · 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: Somyn

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

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

Yield by month

33Jan53Feb94Mar118Apr130May136Jun137Jul132Aug106Sep80Oct38Nov27Dec

July: 137 kWh/kWp, December: 27 — 5.1 times less.

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

Somyn: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,423685135
1010,8461,370270
1516,2692,055405

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