Solar plant: site data
Solar power plant in Ripky, Zvenyhorodskyi Raion, Cherkasy Oblast
Ripky: 1,131 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° 2° east of south (PVGIS). 1.1% below the oblast median (1,144). #196 of 197 in the rayon, #658 of 731 in the oblast.
Shpola, the rayon centre, is 67 km away. 197 m above sea level. 19 km away: Lysyanka, the nearest bigger centre, 1,148 — 1.4% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Черкаси, 110 km. 11.18 m between rows, pitch 15.05 m (latitude 49.3°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,131kWh/year
- Tilt
- 36°2° east of south
- 10 kW
- 11,312kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 15.05m · 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: Ripky
The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 49.3° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Черкаси, 110 km: snow 1,520 Pa, wind 420 Pa.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
July: 147 kWh/kWp, December: 28 — 5.3 times less.
January: 31 against 35 in the oblast, 11.4% less.
| kWp | A year | July | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,656 | 735 | 140 |
| 10 | 11,312 | 1,470 | 280 |
| 15 | 16,968 | 2,205 | 420 |
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
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- Petrivka-Popivka4 km1,138 kWh/kWp
- Vynohrad5 km1,132 kWh/kWp
- Pohybliak6 km1,134 kWh/kWp
- Tovsti Rohy7 km1,137 kWh/kWp
- Chaplynka7 km1,138 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.