Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Ruzhky, Zhytomyrskyi Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast

Ruzhky: 1,113 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 3° east of south (PVGIS). 0.8% above the oblast median (1,104). #266 of 686 in the rayon, #348 of 1700 in the oblast.

Zhytomyr, the rayon centre, is 22 km away. 231 m above sea level. 20 km away: Berdychiv, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,108. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Житомир, 20 km. 12.15 m between rows, pitch 15.97 m (latitude 50.1°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,113kWh/year
Tilt
37°3° east of south
10 kW
11,127kWh/year
Row pitch
15.97m · 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: Ruzhky

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 50.1° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Житомир, 20 km: snow 1,460 Pa, wind 460 Pa.

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

Yield by month

30Jan55Feb91Mar120Apr136May142Jun142Jul138Aug112Sep84Oct36Nov28Dec

June: 142 kWh/kWp, December: 28 — 5.1 times less.

January: 30 against 34 in the oblast, 11.8% less.

Ruzhky: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJuneDecember
55,564710140
1011,1271,420280
1516,6912,130420

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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