Solar plant: site data
Solar power plant in Ratseve, Cherkaskyi Raion, Cherkasy Oblast
Ratseve: 1,169 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 1° east of south (PVGIS). 2.2% above the oblast median (1,144). #20 of 207 in the rayon, #35 of 731 in the oblast.
Cherkasy, the rayon centre, is 58 km away. 97 m above sea level. 39 km away: Oleksandrivka, the nearest bigger centre, 1,152 — 1.5% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Черкаси, 58 km. 11.32 m between rows, pitch 15.14 m (latitude 49.1°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,169kWh/year
- Tilt
- 37°1° east of south
- 10 kW
- 11,691kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 15.14m · GCR 0.32
- T_min
- -40 °Cregion I, north-western
- Snow S₀ / wind W₀
- 1,520 / 420Pa
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Ratseve
The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 49.1° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Черкаси, 58 km: snow 1,520 Pa, wind 420 Pa.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
July: 149 kWh/kWp, December: 30 — 5.0 times less.
December: 30 against 28 in the oblast, 7.1% more.
| kWp | A year | July | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,846 | 745 | 150 |
| 10 | 11,691 | 1,490 | 300 |
| 15 | 17,537 | 2,235 | 450 |
Example: a 10 kW ground frame
For the loads of Cherkasy: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 372 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 49,705 UAH.
How these numbers are computed
Nearby
- Vitove5 km1,151 kWh/kWp
- Chyhyryn7 km1,157 kWh/kWp
- Tinky8 km1,174 kWh/kWp
- Halahanivka8 km1,172 kWh/kWp
- Rozsoshyntsi9 km1,172 kWh/kWp
- Cherneche11 km1,169 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.