Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Rakovychi, Zhytomyrskyi Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast

Rakovychi: 1,119 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 3° east of south (PVGIS). 1.3% above the oblast median (1,104). #138 of 686 in the rayon, #147 of 1700 in the oblast.

Zhytomyr, the rayon centre, is 59 km away. 177 m above sea level. 52 km away: Fastiv, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,119. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Житомир, 61 km. 12.51 m between rows, pitch 16.33 m (latitude 50.4°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,119kWh/year
Tilt
37°3° east of south
10 kW
11,186kWh/year
Row pitch
16.33m · 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: Rakovychi

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 50.4° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Житомир, 61 km: snow 1,460 Pa, wind 460 Pa.

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

Yield by month

32Jan56Feb95Mar121Apr137May142Jun142Jul138Aug113Sep83Oct35Nov26Dec

June: 142 kWh/kWp, December: 26 — 5.5 times less.

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

Rakovychi: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJuneDecember
55,593710130
1011,1861,420260
1516,7792,130390

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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