Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Smolivka, Zhytomyrskyi Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast

Smolivka: 1,101 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 3° east of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,104). #570 of 686 in the rayon, #1039 of 1700 in the oblast.

Zhytomyr, the rayon centre, is 23 km away. 171 m above sea level. 23 km away: Zhytomyr, the nearest bigger centre, 1,108 — 0.7% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Житомир, 24 km. 12.32 m between rows, pitch 16.14 m (latitude 50.2°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,101kWh/year
Tilt
37°3° east of south
10 kW
11,005kWh/year
Row pitch
16.14m · 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: Smolivka

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 50.2° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Житомир, 24 km: snow 1,460 Pa, wind 460 Pa.

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

Yield by month

34Jan54Feb91Mar118Apr133May139Jun139Jul136Aug111Sep82Oct36Nov28Dec

June: 139 kWh/kWp, December: 28 — 5.0 times less.

December: 28 against 27 in the oblast, 3.7% more.

Smolivka: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJuneDecember
55,503695140
1011,0051,390280
1516,5082,085420

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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