Solar plant: site data
Solar power plant in Balka, Horlivskyi Raion, Donetsk Oblast
Balka: 1,154 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 35° facing south (PVGIS). 0.6% below the oblast median (1,161). #61 of 130 in the rayon, #987 of 1312 in the oblast.
Horlivka, the rayon centre, is 65 km away. 210 m above sea level. 49 km away: Rovenky, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,157. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Запоріжжя, 268 km. 9.94 m between rows, pitch 13.86 m (latitude 48.0°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,154kWh/year
- Tilt
- 35°facing south
- 10 kW
- 11,542kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 13.86m · GCR 0.35
- T_min
- -42 °Cregion II, south-eastern
- Snow S₀ / wind W₀
- 1,110 / 460Pa
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Balka
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, 268 km: snow 1,110 Pa, wind 460 Pa.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
August: 149 kWh/kWp, December: 28 — 5.3 times less.
March: 86 against 92 in the oblast, 6.5% less.
| kWp | A year | August | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,771 | 745 | 140 |
| 10 | 11,542 | 1,490 | 280 |
| 15 | 17,313 | 2,235 | 420 |
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
- Pervomayskyi4 km1,161 kWh/kWp
- Pervomayske4 km1,161 kWh/kWp
- Manuilivka5 km1,156 kWh/kWp
- Pobyeda6 km1,156 kWh/kWp
- Petrivske6 km1,158 kWh/kWp
- Snizhne6 km1,154 kWh/kWp
All places: Horlivskyi RaionDonetsk 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.