Solar plant: site data
Solar power plant in Kotliary, Kharkivskyi Raion, Kharkiv Oblast
Kotliary: 1,138 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 1° east of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,142). #109 of 205 in the rayon, #1134 of 1769 in the oblast.
Kharkiv, the rayon centre, is 9 km away. 134 m above sea level. 9 km away: Kharkiv, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,134. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Харків, 10 km. 12.00 m between rows, pitch 15.82 m (latitude 49.9°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,138kWh/year
- Tilt
- 37°1° east of south
- 10 kW
- 11,377kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 15.82m · GCR 0.30
- T_min
- -40 °Cregion I, north-western
- Snow S₀ / wind W₀
- 1,600 / 430Pa
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Kotliary
The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 49.9° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Харків, 10 km: snow 1,600 Pa, wind 430 Pa.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
July: 145 kWh/kWp, December: 26 — 5.6 times less.
December: 26 against 24 in the oblast, 8.3% more.
| kWp | A year | July | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,689 | 725 | 130 |
| 10 | 11,377 | 1,450 | 260 |
| 15 | 17,066 | 2,175 | 390 |
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
- Movchany1 km1,138 kWh/kWp
- Ponomarenky4 km1,138 kWh/kWp
- Borove4 km1,137 kWh/kWp
- Lohachivka4 km1,137 kWh/kWp
- Leliuky5 km1,136 kWh/kWp
- Bezliudivka5 km1,136 kWh/kWp
All places: Kharkivskyi RaionKharkiv 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.