Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Stepanivka, Zviahelskyi Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast

Stepanivka: 1,099 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 38° 2° east of south (PVGIS). 0.5% below the oblast median (1,104). #157 of 294 in the rayon, #1128 of 1700 in the oblast.

Zvyahel, the rayon centre, is 40 km away. 202 m above sea level. 40 km away: Zvyahel, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,101. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Житомир, 85 km. 13.25 m between rows, pitch 17.02 m (latitude 50.9°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,099kWh/year
Tilt
38°2° east of south
10 kW
10,988kWh/year
Row pitch
17.02m · GCR 0.28
T_min
-40 °Cregion I, north-western
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,460 / 460Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Stepanivka

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 50.9° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Житомир, 85 km: snow 1,460 Pa, wind 460 Pa.

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

Yield by month

34Jan57Feb91Mar117Apr133May141Jun140Jul135Aug110Sep80Oct35Nov27Dec

June: 141 kWh/kWp, December: 27 — 5.2 times less.

February: 57 against 56 in the oblast, 1.8% more.

Stepanivka: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJuneDecember
55,494705135
1010,9881,410270
1516,4822,115405

Snow and wind: Житомир

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Zhytomyr: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 350 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 52,606 UAH.

The whole frame: drawing, BOM, checks

How these numbers are computed

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