Solar plant: site data
Solar power plant in Ridkodub, Kramatorskyi Raion, Donetsk Oblast
Ridkodub: 1,149 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 1° east of south (PVGIS). 1.1% below the oblast median (1,161). #172 of 233 in the rayon, #1190 of 1312 in the oblast.
Kramatorsk, the rayon centre, is 53 km away. 180 m above sea level. 36 km away: Svatove, the nearest bigger centre, 1,131 — 1.6% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Харків, 145 km. 11.37 m between rows, pitch 15.19 m (latitude 49.2°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,149kWh/year
- Tilt
- 37°1° east of south
- 10 kW
- 11,491kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 15.19m · GCR 0.31
- T_min
- -42 °Cregion II, south-eastern
- Snow S₀ / wind W₀
- 1,600 / 430Pa
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Ridkodub
The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 49.2° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Харків, 145 km: snow 1,600 Pa, wind 430 Pa.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
August: 147 kWh/kWp, December: 24 — 6.1 times less.
December: 24 against 28 in the oblast, 14.3% less.
| kWp | A year | August | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,746 | 735 | 120 |
| 10 | 11,491 | 1,470 | 240 |
| 15 | 17,237 | 2,205 | 360 |
Example: a 10 kW ground frame
For the loads of Kharkiv: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 385 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 51,876 UAH.
How these numbers are computed
Nearby
- Nove3 km1,151 kWh/kWp
- Lypove3 km1,151 kWh/kWp
- Hlushchenkove3 km1,149 kWh/kWp
- Novyi Myr4 km1,151 kWh/kWp
- Katerynivka4 km1,154 kWh/kWp
- Novomykhailivka5 km1,154 kWh/kWp
All places: Kramatorskyi 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.