Solar plant: site data
Solar power plant in Kovali, Bohodukhivskyi Raion, Kharkiv Oblast
Kovali: 1,120 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 1° east of south (PVGIS). 2.0% below the oblast median (1,142). #325 of 354 in the rayon, #1700 of 1769 in the oblast.
Bohodukhiv, the rayon centre, is 34 km away. 173 m above sea level. 34 km away: Bohodukhiv, the nearest bigger centre, 1,127 — 0.6% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Харків, 45 km. 12.41 m between rows, pitch 16.23 m (latitude 50.3°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,120kWh/year
- Tilt
- 37°1° east of south
- 10 kW
- 11,198kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 16.23m · GCR 0.29
- T_min
- -40 °Cregion I, north-western
- Snow S₀ / wind W₀
- 1,600 / 430Pa
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Kovali
The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 50.3° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Харків, 45 km: snow 1,600 Pa, wind 430 Pa.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
July: 147 kWh/kWp, December: 22 — 6.7 times less.
November: 36 against 40 in the oblast, 10.0% less.
| kWp | A year | July | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,599 | 735 | 110 |
| 10 | 11,198 | 1,470 | 220 |
| 15 | 16,797 | 2,205 | 330 |
Example: a 10 kW ground frame
For the loads of Kharkiv: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 359 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 53,991 UAH.
How these numbers are computed
Nearby
- Martynivka1 km1,121 kWh/kWp
- Petrivka2 km1,121 kWh/kWp
- Odnorobivka2 km1,116 kWh/kWp
- Borokhy3 km1,118 kWh/kWp
- Hresi3 km1,122 kWh/kWp
- Postolne3 km1,115 kWh/kWp
All places: Bohodukhivskyi 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.