Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Budychany, Zhytomyrskyi Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast

Budychany: 1,111 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 2° east of south (PVGIS). 0.6% above the oblast median (1,104). #306 of 686 in the rayon, #430 of 1700 in the oblast.

Zhytomyr, the rayon centre, is 48 km away. 255 m above sea level. 40 km away: Polonne, the nearest bigger centre, 1,103 — 0.8% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Житомир, 46 km. 12.16 m between rows, pitch 15.98 m (latitude 50.1°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,111kWh/year
Tilt
37°2° east of south
10 kW
11,113kWh/year
Row pitch
15.98m · GCR 0.30
T_min
-40 °Cregion I, north-western
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,460 / 460Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Budychany

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 50.1° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Житомир, 46 km: snow 1,460 Pa, wind 460 Pa.

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

Yield by month

30Jan55Feb91Mar119Apr135May141Jun142Jul138Aug112Sep83Oct36Nov29Dec

July: 142 kWh/kWp, December: 29 — 4.9 times less.

January: 30 against 34 in the oblast, 11.8% less.

Budychany: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,557710145
1011,1131,420290
1516,6702,130435

Snow and wind: Житомир

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Zhytomyr: 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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