Solar plant: site data
Solar power plant in Kovaleve, Kryvorizkyi Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Kovaleve: 1,167 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° 3° east of south (PVGIS). 0.8% below the oblast median (1,177). #272 of 272 in the rayon, #1238 of 1501 in the oblast.
Kryvyy Rih, the rayon centre, is 40 km away. 121 m above sea level. 40 km away: Kryvyy Rih, the nearest bigger centre, 1,190 — 1.9% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Дніпро, 100 km. 10.32 m between rows, pitch 14.19 m (latitude 48.2°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,167kWh/year
- Tilt
- 36°3° east of south
- 10 kW
- 11,674kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 14.19m · GCR 0.34
- T_min
- -42 °Cregion II, south-eastern
- Snow S₀ / wind W₀
- 1,340 / 470Pa
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Kovaleve
The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.2° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Дніпро, 100 km: snow 1,340 Pa, wind 470 Pa.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
July: 152 kWh/kWp, December: 28 — 5.4 times less.
February: 51 against 54 in the oblast, 5.6% less.
| kWp | A year | July | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,837 | 760 | 140 |
| 10 | 11,674 | 1,520 | 280 |
| 15 | 17,511 | 2,280 | 420 |
Example: a 10 kW ground frame
For the loads of Dnipro: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 346 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 51,820 UAH.
How these numbers are computed
Nearby
- Marie-Dmytrivka2 km1,170 kWh/kWp
- Verbove3 km1,169 kWh/kWp
- Krynychuvate4 km1,168 kWh/kWp
- Yar4 km1,172 kWh/kWp
- Zelenyi Hai5 km1,170 kWh/kWp
- Liube5 km1,169 kWh/kWp
All places: Kryvorizkyi RaionDnipropetrovsk Oblast: rayons and towns
Free calculators
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.