Solar plant: site data
Solar power plant in Kovpakivka, Samarivskyi Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Kovpakivka: 1,156 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 2° east of south (PVGIS). 1.8% below the oblast median (1,177). #91 of 115 in the rayon, #1457 of 1501 in the oblast.
Samar, the rayon centre, is 59 km away. 77 m above sea level. 36 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, 61 km. 11.33 m between rows, pitch 15.15 m (latitude 49.1°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,156kWh/year
- Tilt
- 37°2° east of south
- 10 kW
- 11,562kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 15.15m · 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: Kovpakivka
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, 61 km: snow 1,450 Pa, wind 470 Pa.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
July: 150 kWh/kWp, December: 27 — 5.6 times less.
November: 43 against 47 in the oblast, 8.5% less.
| kWp | A year | July | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,781 | 750 | 135 |
| 10 | 11,562 | 1,500 | 270 |
| 15 | 17,343 | 2,250 | 405 |
Example: a 10 kW ground frame
For the loads of Poltava: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 389 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 52,358 UAH.
How these numbers are computed
Nearby
- Stepanivka4 km1,156 kWh/kWp
- Buzivka5 km1,157 kWh/kWp
- Zarichne6 km1,160 kWh/kWp
- Kotovka6 km1,156 kWh/kWp
- Malyi Orchyk7 km1,160 kWh/kWp
- Orchyk9 km1,160 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.