Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Kovanka, Korostenskyi Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast

Kovanka: 1,050 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 38° 5° east of south (PVGIS). 4.9% below the oblast median (1,104). #560 of 560 in the rayon, #1700 of 1700 in the oblast.

Korosten, the rayon centre, is 62 km away. 185 m above sea level. 62 km away: Korosten, the nearest bigger centre, 1,105 — 4.9% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Житомир, 133 km. 13.84 m between rows, pitch 17.61 m (latitude 51.4°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,050kWh/year
Tilt
38°5° east of south
10 kW
10,504kWh/year
Row pitch
17.61m · GCR 0.27
T_min
-40 °Cregion I, north-western
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,460 / 460Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Kovanka

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 51.4° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Житомир, 133 km: snow 1,460 Pa, wind 460 Pa.

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

Yield by month

34Jan52Feb86Mar113Apr126May134Jun132Jul131Aug106Sep75Oct33Nov26Dec

June: 134 kWh/kWp, December: 26 — 5.2 times less.

October: 75 against 81 in the oblast, 7.4% less.

Kovanka: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJuneDecember
55,252670130
1010,5041,340260
1515,7562,010390

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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