Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Yerchyky, Zhytomyrskyi Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast

Yerchyky: 1,121 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 3° east of south (PVGIS). 1.5% above the oblast median (1,104). #76 of 686 in the rayon, #81 of 1700 in the oblast.

Zhytomyr, the rayon centre, is 71 km away. 180 m above sea level. 26 km away: Fastiv, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,119. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Житомир, 72 km. 12.08 m between rows, pitch 15.90 m (latitude 50.0°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,121kWh/year
Tilt
37°3° east of south
10 kW
11,211kWh/year
Row pitch
15.90m · 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: Yerchyky

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 50.0° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Житомир, 72 km: snow 1,460 Pa, wind 460 Pa.

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

Yield by month

30Jan55Feb92Mar120Apr137May143Jun144Jul140Aug114Sep84Oct36Nov26Dec

July: 144 kWh/kWp, December: 26 — 5.5 times less.

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

Yerchyky: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,606720130
1011,2111,440260
1516,8172,160390

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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