Solar plant: site data
Solar power plant in Zirka, Volnovaskyi Raion, Donetsk Oblast
Zirka: 1,170 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° 1° east of south (PVGIS). 0.7% above the oblast median (1,161). #151 of 161 in the rayon, #412 of 1312 in the oblast.
Volnovakha, the rayon centre, is 75 km away. 94 m above sea level. 44 km away: Pokrovsk, the nearest bigger centre, 1,159 — 0.9% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Запоріжжя, 119 km. 10.23 m between rows, pitch 14.10 m (latitude 48.0°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,170kWh/year
- Tilt
- 36°1° east of south
- 10 kW
- 11,698kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 14.10m · 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: Zirka
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, 119 km: snow 1,110 Pa, wind 460 Pa.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
August: 152 kWh/kWp, December: 28 — 5.4 times less.
January: 35 against 37 in the oblast, 5.4% less.
| kWp | A year | August | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,849 | 760 | 140 |
| 10 | 11,698 | 1,520 | 280 |
| 15 | 17,547 | 2,280 | 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
- Hrushivske1 km1,170 kWh/kWp
- Yalta3 km1,170 kWh/kWp
- Tovste3 km1,173 kWh/kWp
- Piddubne3 km1,172 kWh/kWp
- Zaporizhzhya3 km1,170 kWh/kWp
- Novokhatske4 km1,173 kWh/kWp
All places: Volnovaskyi 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.