Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Kovhanivka, Zhytomyrskyi Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast

Kovhanivka: 1,118 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 3° east of south (PVGIS). 1.2% above the oblast median (1,104). #160 of 686 in the rayon, #173 of 1700 in the oblast.

Zhytomyr, the rayon centre, is 68 km away. 151 m above sea level. 37 km away: Fastiv, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,119. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Київ, 64 km. 12.43 m between rows, pitch 16.25 m (latitude 50.4°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,118kWh/year
Tilt
37°3° east of south
10 kW
11,176kWh/year
Row pitch
16.25m · GCR 0.29
T_min
-40 °Cregion I, north-western
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,550 / 370Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Kovhanivka

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 50.4° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Київ, 64 km: snow 1,550 Pa, wind 370 Pa.

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

Yield by month

34Jan55Feb94Mar121Apr137May141Jun142Jul137Aug113Sep83Oct35Nov27Dec

July: 142 kWh/kWp, December: 27 — 5.3 times less.

March: 94 against 91 in the oblast, 3.3% more.

Kovhanivka: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,588710135
1011,1761,420270
1516,7642,130405

Snow and wind: Київ

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Kyiv: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 376 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 47,122 UAH.

The whole frame: drawing, BOM, checks

How these numbers are computed

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