Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Divochky, Zhytomyrskyi Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast

Divochky: 1,121 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 2° east of south (PVGIS). 1.5% above the oblast median (1,104). #72 of 686 in the rayon, #77 of 1700 in the oblast.

Zhytomyr, the rayon centre, is 21 km away. 220 m above sea level. 21 km away: Zhytomyr, the nearest bigger centre, 1,108 — 1.2% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Житомир, 23 km. 12.52 m between rows, pitch 16.34 m (latitude 50.4°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,121kWh/year
Tilt
37°2° east of south
10 kW
11,213kWh/year
Row pitch
16.34m · GCR 0.29
T_min
-40 °Cregion I, north-western
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,460 / 460Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Divochky

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 50.4° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Житомир, 23 km: snow 1,460 Pa, wind 460 Pa.

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

Yield by month

31Jan57Feb93Mar121Apr137May143Jun142Jul138Aug113Sep82Oct35Nov28Dec

June: 143 kWh/kWp, December: 28 — 5.1 times less.

January: 31 against 34 in the oblast, 8.8% less.

Divochky: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJuneDecember
55,607715140
1011,2131,430280
1516,8202,145420

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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