Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Kniazhyn, Zhytomyrskyi Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast

Kniazhyn: 1,110 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 2° east of south (PVGIS). 0.5% above the oblast median (1,104). #345 of 686 in the rayon, #490 of 1700 in the oblast.

Zhytomyr, the rayon centre, is 36 km away. 252 m above sea level. 27 km away: Berdychiv, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,108. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Житомир, 34 km. 12.14 m between rows, pitch 15.96 m (latitude 50.1°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,110kWh/year
Tilt
37°2° east of south
10 kW
11,104kWh/year
Row pitch
15.96m · 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: Kniazhyn

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

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

Yield by month

31Jan55Feb91Mar120Apr135May140Jun141Jul138Aug112Sep83Oct36Nov29Dec

July: 141 kWh/kWp, December: 29 — 4.9 times less.

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

Kniazhyn: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,552705145
1011,1041,410290
1516,6562,115435

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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