Solar plant: site data
Solar power plant in Apostolove, Kryvorizkyi Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Apostolove: 1,197 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° 3° east of south (PVGIS). 1.7% above the oblast median (1,177). #37 of 272 in the rayon, #128 of 1501 in the oblast.
Kryvyy Rih, the rayon centre, is 37 km away. 87 m above sea level. 37 km away: Kryvyy Rih, the nearest bigger centre, 1,190 — 0.6% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Запоріжжя, 108 km. 9.98 m between rows, pitch 13.85 m (latitude 47.7°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,197kWh/year
- Tilt
- 36°3° east of south
- 10 kW
- 11,970kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 13.85m · GCR 0.35
- T_min
- -42 °Cregion II, south-eastern
- Snow S₀ / wind W₀
- 1,110 / 460Pa
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Apostolove
The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 47.7° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Запоріжжя, 108 km: snow 1,110 Pa, wind 460 Pa.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
July: 153 kWh/kWp, December: 30 — 5.1 times less.
December: 30 against 28 in the oblast, 7.1% more.
| kWp | A year | July | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,985 | 765 | 150 |
| 10 | 11,970 | 1,530 | 300 |
| 15 | 17,955 | 2,295 | 450 |
Example: a 10 kW ground frame
For the loads of Zaporizhzhia: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 382 kg of steel, 14 piles, materials ≈ 50,687 UAH.
How these numbers are computed
Nearby
- Zaporizke7 km1,204 kWh/kWp
- Nova Sich7 km1,203 kWh/kWp
- Kozatskyi Kut8 km1,213 kWh/kWp
- Mykhailo-Zavodske8 km1,192 kWh/kWp
- Ukrainka9 km1,200 kWh/kWp
- Soldatske9 km1,192 kWh/kWp
All places: Kryvorizkyi RaionDnipropetrovsk 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.