Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Virlia, Zviahelskyi Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast

Virlia: 1,088 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 38° 3° east of south (PVGIS). 1.5% below the oblast median (1,104). #241 of 294 in the rayon, #1458 of 1700 in the oblast.

Zvyahel, the rayon centre, is 28 km away. 217 m above sea level. 28 km away: Zvyahel, the nearest bigger centre, 1,101 — 1.2% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Житомир, 68 km. 12.70 m between rows, pitch 16.47 m (latitude 50.3°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,088kWh/year
Tilt
38°3° east of south
10 kW
10,879kWh/year
Row pitch
16.47m · 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: Virlia

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 50.3° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Житомир, 68 km: snow 1,460 Pa, wind 460 Pa.

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

Yield by month

37Jan55Feb91Mar115Apr130May136Jun137Jul134Aug109Sep80Oct36Nov29Dec

July: 137 kWh/kWp, December: 29 — 4.7 times less.

January: 37 against 34 in the oblast, 8.8% more.

Virlia: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,440685145
1010,8791,370290
1516,3192,055435

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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