Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Vodotyi, Zhytomyrskyi Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast

Vodotyi: 1,120 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 3° east of south (PVGIS). 1.4% above the oblast median (1,104). #93 of 686 in the rayon, #99 of 1700 in the oblast.

Zhytomyr, the rayon centre, is 54 km away. 179 m above sea level. 38 km away: Fastiv, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,119. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Житомир, 55 km. 12.30 m between rows, pitch 16.12 m (latitude 50.2°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,120kWh/year
Tilt
37°3° east of south
10 kW
11,204kWh/year
Row pitch
16.12m · 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: Vodotyi

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, 55 km: snow 1,460 Pa, wind 460 Pa.

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

Yield by month

31Jan56Feb88Mar122Apr137May143Jun144Jul138Aug114Sep84Oct36Nov27Dec

July: 144 kWh/kWp, December: 27 — 5.3 times less.

January: 31 against 34 in the oblast, 8.8% less.

Vodotyi: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,602720135
1011,2041,440270
1516,8062,160405

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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