Solar plant: site data
Solar power plant in Katoshchyne, Nikopolskyi Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Katoshchyne: 1,214 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° 2° east of south (PVGIS). 3.1% above the oblast median (1,177). #59 of 135 in the rayon, #66 of 1501 in the oblast.
Nikopol, the rayon centre, is 39 km away. 52 m above sea level. 26 km away: Zaporizhzhya, the nearest bigger centre, 1,227 — 1.1% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Запоріжжя, 27 km. 10.07 m between rows, pitch 13.94 m (latitude 47.8°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,214kWh/year
- Tilt
- 36°2° east of south
- 10 kW
- 12,139kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 13.94m · GCR 0.34
- T_min
- -42 °Cregion II, south-eastern
- Snow S₀ / wind W₀
- 1,110 / 460Pa
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Katoshchyne
The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 47.8° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Запоріжжя, 27 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: 31 — 4.9 times less.
February: 60 against 54 in the oblast, 11.1% more.
| kWp | A year | July | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 6,070 | 765 | 155 |
| 10 | 12,139 | 1,530 | 310 |
| 15 | 18,209 | 2,295 | 465 |
Example: a 10 kW ground frame
For the loads of Zaporizhzhia: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 372 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 49,705 UAH.
How these numbers are computed
Nearby
- Tomakivka4 km1,208 kWh/kWp
- Novoukrainka4 km1,221 kWh/kWp
- Stepanivka5 km1,213 kWh/kWp
- Myrove5 km1,218 kWh/kWp
- Topyla5 km1,218 kWh/kWp
- Harbuzivka5 km1,204 kWh/kWp
All places: Nikopolskyi 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.