Solar plant: site data
Solar power plant in Potapsi, Cherkaskyi Raion, Cherkasy Oblast
Potapsi: 1,144 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 2° east of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,144). #140 of 207 in the rayon, #371 of 731 in the oblast.
Cherkasy, the rayon centre, is 74 km away. 143 m above sea level. 20 km away: Kaniv, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,143. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Черкаси, 74 km. 11.94 m between rows, pitch 15.76 m (latitude 49.8°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,144kWh/year
- Tilt
- 37°2° east of south
- 10 kW
- 11,438kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 15.76m · GCR 0.30
- T_min
- -40 °Cregion I, north-western
- Snow S₀ / wind W₀
- 1,520 / 420Pa
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Potapsi
The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 49.8° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Черкаси, 74 km: snow 1,520 Pa, wind 420 Pa.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
July: 146 kWh/kWp, December: 27 — 5.4 times less.
February: 58 against 55 in the oblast, 5.5% more.
| kWp | A year | July | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,719 | 730 | 135 |
| 10 | 11,438 | 1,460 | 270 |
| 15 | 17,157 | 2,190 | 405 |
Example: a 10 kW ground frame
For the loads of Cherkasy: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 346 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 51,820 UAH.
How these numbers are computed
Nearby
- Lazirtsi3 km1,146 kWh/kWp
- Tulyntsi4 km1,141 kWh/kWp
- Pyshchalnyky4 km1,147 kWh/kWp
- Grushiv5 km1,146 kWh/kWp
- Dudari5 km1,147 kWh/kWp
- Beresniahy6 km1,143 kWh/kWp
All places: Cherkaskyi RaionCherkasy Oblast: rayons and towns
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Sources
- PVGIS © European Union, 2001–2026 — yield, tilt and azimuth, data as of 2026-10-10
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — coordinates, elevation and divisions (changed)
- DBN V.1.2-2:2006, DSTU-N B V.1.1-27:2010
- How these numbers are computed
Preliminary calculation: a design needs an engineer’s check.