Solar plant: site data
Solar power plant in Plotva, Kupianskyi Raion, Kharkiv Oblast
Plotva: 1,141 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 2° east of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,142). #84 of 285 in the rayon, #962 of 1769 in the oblast.
Kupyansk, the rayon centre, is 28 km away. 100 m above sea level. 28 km away: Kupyansk, the nearest bigger centre, 1,150 — 0.8% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Харків, 99 km. 12.05 m between rows, pitch 15.87 m (latitude 50.0°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,141kWh/year
- Tilt
- 37°2° east of south
- 10 kW
- 11,409kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 15.87m · 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: Plotva
The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 50.0° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Харків, 99 km: snow 1,600 Pa, wind 430 Pa.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
July: 146 kWh/kWp, December: 24 — 6.1 times less.
February: 62 against 57 in the oblast, 8.8% more.
| kWp | A year | July | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,705 | 730 | 120 |
| 10 | 11,409 | 1,460 | 240 |
| 15 | 17,114 | 2,190 | 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
- Vodiane4 km1,147 kWh/kWp
- Vasyltsivka5 km1,148 kWh/kWp
- Mytrofanivka5 km1,142 kWh/kWp
- Ridkodub5 km1,147 kWh/kWp
- Sadovod5 km1,135 kWh/kWp
- Kauchuk5 km1,135 kWh/kWp
All places: Kupianskyi 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.