Solar plant: site data
Solar power plant in Stepove, Mariupolskyi Raion, Donetsk Oblast
Stepove: 1,209 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° 1° west of south (PVGIS). 4.1% above the oblast median (1,161). #68 of 94 in the rayon, #122 of 1312 in the oblast.
Mariupol, the rayon centre, is 24 km away. 55 m above sea level. 24 km away: Mariupol, the nearest bigger centre, 1,245 — 2.9% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Запоріжжя, 182 km. 9.74 m between rows, pitch 13.61 m (latitude 47.3°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,209kWh/year
- Tilt
- 36°1° west of south
- 10 kW
- 12,087kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 13.61m · 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: Stepove
The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 47.3° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Запоріжжя, 182 km: snow 1,110 Pa, wind 460 Pa.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
August: 155 kWh/kWp, December: 30 — 5.2 times less.
November: 52 against 47 in the oblast, 10.6% more.
| kWp | A year | August | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 6,044 | 775 | 150 |
| 10 | 12,087 | 1,550 | 300 |
| 15 | 18,131 | 2,325 | 450 |
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
- Domakha3 km1,208 kWh/kWp
- Krynychne4 km1,208 kWh/kWp
- Shevchenko5 km1,218 kWh/kWp
- Topolyne6 km1,212 kWh/kWp
- Kremenivka8 km1,203 kWh/kWp
- Klyuchove9 km1,211 kWh/kWp
All places: Mariupolskyi 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.