Solar plant: site data
Solar power plant in Potoky, Zvenyhorodskyi Raion, Cherkasy Oblast
Potoky: 1,142 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° 3° east of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,144). #104 of 197 in the rayon, #438 of 731 in the oblast.
Shpola, the rayon centre, is 36 km away. 119 m above sea level. 25 km away: Novoarkhanhelsk, the nearest bigger centre, 1,148 — 0.5% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Кропивницький, 87 km. 10.75 m between rows, pitch 14.62 m (latitude 48.7°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,142kWh/year
- Tilt
- 36°3° east of south
- 10 kW
- 11,419kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 14.62m · GCR 0.33
- T_min
- -40 °Cregion I, north-western
- Snow S₀ / wind W₀
- 1,230 / 410Pa
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Potoky
The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.7° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Кропивницький, 87 km: snow 1,230 Pa, wind 410 Pa.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
July: 150 kWh/kWp, December: 28 — 5.4 times less.
February: 51 against 55 in the oblast, 7.3% less.
| kWp | A year | July | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,710 | 750 | 140 |
| 10 | 11,419 | 1,500 | 280 |
| 15 | 17,129 | 2,250 | 420 |
Example: a 10 kW ground frame
For the loads of Kropyvnytskyi: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 382 kg of steel, 14 piles, materials ≈ 49,026 UAH.
How these numbers are computed
Nearby
- Nadlak1 km1,141 kWh/kWp
- Kobylyanka2 km1,141 kWh/kWp
- Chervonyi Brid5 km1,141 kWh/kWp
- Zhevanivka5 km1,143 kWh/kWp
- Lysycha Balka6 km1,141 kWh/kWp
- Nyzove6 km1,142 kWh/kWp
All places: Zvenyhorodskyi 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.