Solar plant: site data
Solar power plant in Kotovka, Samarivskyi Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Kotovka: 1,156 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 2° east of south (PVGIS). 1.8% below the oblast median (1,177). #89 of 115 in the rayon, #1454 of 1501 in the oblast.
Samar, the rayon centre, is 61 km away. 83 m above sea level. 35 km away: Mashivka, the nearest bigger centre, 1,140 — 1.4% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Полтава, 58 km. 11.32 m between rows, pitch 15.14 m (latitude 49.1°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,156kWh/year
- Tilt
- 37°2° east of south
- 10 kW
- 11,563kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 15.14m · GCR 0.32
- T_min
- -42 °Cregion II, south-eastern
- Snow S₀ / wind W₀
- 1,450 / 470Pa
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Kotovka
The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 49.1° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Полтава, 58 km: snow 1,450 Pa, wind 470 Pa.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
July: 149 kWh/kWp, December: 27 — 5.5 times less.
November: 43 against 47 in the oblast, 8.5% less.
| kWp | A year | July | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,782 | 745 | 135 |
| 10 | 11,563 | 1,490 | 270 |
| 15 | 17,345 | 2,235 | 405 |
Example: a 10 kW ground frame
For the loads of Poltava: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 363 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 54,473 UAH.
How these numbers are computed
Nearby
- Stepanivka5 km1,156 kWh/kWp
- Mynivka5 km1,157 kWh/kWp
- Riaske6 km1,157 kWh/kWp
- Kovpakivka6 km1,156 kWh/kWp
- Krasnopillia8 km1,157 kWh/kWp
- Zaplavka8 km1,151 kWh/kWp
All places: Samarivskyi 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.