Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Pikhotske, Korostenskyi Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast

Pikhotske: 1,059 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 38° 4° east of south (PVGIS). 4.1% below the oblast median (1,104). #536 of 560 in the rayon, #1676 of 1700 in the oblast.

Korosten, the rayon centre, is 68 km away. 140 m above sea level. 68 km away: Korosten, the nearest bigger centre, 1,105 — 4.1% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Житомир, 144 km. 14.01 m between rows, pitch 17.78 m (latitude 51.5°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,059kWh/year
Tilt
38°4° east of south
10 kW
10,594kWh/year
Row pitch
17.78m · 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: Pikhotske

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 51.5° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Житомир, 144 km: snow 1,460 Pa, wind 460 Pa.

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

Yield by month

34Jan54Feb90Mar115Apr128May135Jun133Jul130Aug108Sep75Oct32Nov25Dec

June: 135 kWh/kWp, December: 25 — 5.4 times less.

November: 32 against 35 in the oblast, 8.6% less.

Pikhotske: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJuneDecember
55,297675125
1010,5941,350250
1515,8912,025375

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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