Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Dertka, Zhytomyrskyi Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast

Dertka: 1,108 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 1° east of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,104). #416 of 686 in the rayon, #633 of 1700 in the oblast.

Zhytomyr, the rayon centre, is 76 km away. 240 m above sea level. 10 km away: Polonne, the nearest bigger centre, 1,103 — 0.5% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Житомир, 74 km. 12.18 m between rows, pitch 16.00 m (latitude 50.1°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,108kWh/year
Tilt
37°1° east of south
10 kW
11,082kWh/year
Row pitch
16.00m · 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: Dertka

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, 74 km: snow 1,460 Pa, wind 460 Pa.

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

Yield by month

29Jan52Feb92Mar120Apr136May140Jun142Jul137Aug112Sep84Oct36Nov28Dec

July: 142 kWh/kWp, December: 28 — 5.1 times less.

January: 29 against 34 in the oblast, 14.7% less.

Dertka: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,541710140
1011,0821,420280
1516,6232,130420

Snow and wind: Житомир

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Zhytomyr: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 350 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 52,606 UAH.

The whole frame: drawing, BOM, checks

How these numbers are computed

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