Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Melentsi, Zhytomyrskyi Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast

Melentsi: 1,107 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 1° east of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,104). #447 of 686 in the rayon, #690 of 1700 in the oblast.

Zhytomyr, the rayon centre, is 62 km away. 274 m above sea level. 30 km away: Polonne, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,103. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Житомир, 60 km. 12.10 m between rows, pitch 15.92 m (latitude 50.0°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,107kWh/year
Tilt
37°1° east of south
10 kW
11,072kWh/year
Row pitch
15.92m · 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: Melentsi

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

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

Yield by month

31Jan52Feb89Mar119Apr135May140Jun142Jul138Aug112Sep83Oct36Nov29Dec

July: 142 kWh/kWp, December: 29 — 4.9 times less.

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

Melentsi: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,536710145
1011,0721,420290
1516,6082,130435

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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