Solar plant: site data
Solar power plant in Sofiyivka, Kryvorizkyi Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Sofiyivka: 1,176 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° 3° east of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,177). #233 of 272 in the rayon, #845 of 1501 in the oblast.
Kryvyy Rih, the rayon centre, is 39 km away. 94 m above sea level. 39 km away: Kryvyy Rih, the nearest bigger centre, 1,190 — 1.2% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Запоріжжя, 97 km. 10.24 m between rows, pitch 14.11 m (latitude 48.0°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,176kWh/year
- Tilt
- 36°3° east of south
- 10 kW
- 11,757kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 14.11m · 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: Sofiyivka
The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.0° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Запоріжжя, 97 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: 29 — 5.3 times less.
February: 50 against 54 in the oblast, 7.4% less.
| kWp | A year | July | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,879 | 765 | 145 |
| 10 | 11,757 | 1,530 | 290 |
| 15 | 17,636 | 2,295 | 435 |
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
- Vyshneve3 km1,173 kWh/kWp
- Novokhortytsia5 km1,176 kWh/kWp
- Petrove5 km1,175 kWh/kWp
- Mykhailivka6 km1,176 kWh/kWp
- Spokiy6 km1,175 kWh/kWp
- Dovhivka6 km1,175 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.