Solar plant: site data
Solar power plant in Stepanky, Cherkaskyi Raion, Cherkasy Oblast
Stepanky: 1,152 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 2° east of south (PVGIS). 0.7% above the oblast median (1,144). #59 of 207 in the rayon, #144 of 731 in the oblast.
Cherkasy, the rayon centre, is 15 km away. 65 m above sea level. 12 km away: Smila, the nearest bigger centre, 1,146 — 0.5% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Черкаси, 15 km. 11.48 m between rows, pitch 15.30 m (latitude 49.3°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,152kWh/year
- Tilt
- 37°2° east of south
- 10 kW
- 11,522kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 15.30m · GCR 0.31
- T_min
- -40 °Cregion I, north-western
- Snow S₀ / wind W₀
- 1,520 / 420Pa
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Stepanky
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, 15 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: 30 — 4.9 times less.
January: 38 against 35 in the oblast, 8.6% more.
| kWp | A year | July | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,761 | 730 | 150 |
| 10 | 11,522 | 1,460 | 300 |
| 15 | 17,283 | 2,190 | 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
- Buzukiv3 km1,158 kWh/kWp
- Malyi Buzukiv4 km1,152 kWh/kWp
- Holoviatyne6 km1,153 kWh/kWp
- Bilozirya7 km1,147 kWh/kWp
- Verhuny8 km1,159 kWh/kWp
- Zalevky8 km1,140 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.