Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Kotivka, Berdychivskyi Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast

Kotivka: 1,117 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 2° east of south (PVGIS). 1.1% above the oblast median (1,104). #18 of 160 in the rayon, #191 of 1700 in the oblast.

Berdychiv, the rayon centre, is 25 km away. 221 m above sea level. 25 km away: Berdychiv, the nearest bigger centre, 1,108 — 0.8% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Житомир, 36 km. 12.05 m between rows, pitch 15.87 m (latitude 50.0°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,117kWh/year
Tilt
37°2° east of south
10 kW
11,166kWh/year
Row pitch
15.87m · 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: Kotivka

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 50.0° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Житомир, 36 km: snow 1,460 Pa, wind 460 Pa.

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

Yield by month

31Jan53Feb90Mar120Apr137May142Jun142Jul139Aug113Sep85Oct37Nov28Dec

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

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

Kotivka: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJuneDecember
55,583710140
1011,1661,420280
1516,7492,130420

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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