Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Mircha, Zhytomyrskyi Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast

Mircha: 1,101 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 38° 3° east of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,104). #567 of 686 in the rayon, #1031 of 1700 in the oblast.

Zhytomyr, the rayon centre, is 60 km away. 165 m above sea level. 56 km away: Korosten, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,105. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Житомир, 62 km. 13.01 m between rows, pitch 16.78 m (latitude 50.6°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,101kWh/year
Tilt
38°3° east of south
10 kW
11,007kWh/year
Row pitch
16.78m · GCR 0.29
T_min
-40 °Cregion I, north-western
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,460 / 460Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Mircha

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 50.6° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Житомир, 62 km: snow 1,460 Pa, wind 460 Pa.

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

Yield by month

32Jan56Feb92Mar119Apr134May140Jun139Jul135Aug112Sep80Oct34Nov27Dec

June: 140 kWh/kWp, December: 27 — 5.2 times less.

January: 32 against 34 in the oblast, 5.9% less.

Mircha: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJuneDecember
55,504700135
1011,0071,400270
1516,5112,100405

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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