Solar plant: site data
Solar power plant in Birky, Kropyvnytskyi Raion, Kirovohrad Oblast
Birky: 1,152 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 2° east of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,157). #234 of 254 in the rayon, #564 of 708 in the oblast.
Kropyvnytskyi, the rayon centre, is 49 km away. 120 m above sea level. 5 km away: Oleksandrivka, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,152. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Кропивницький, 49 km. 11.17 m between rows, pitch 14.99 m (latitude 48.9°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,152kWh/year
- Tilt
- 37°2° east of south
- 10 kW
- 11,521kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 14.99m · GCR 0.32
- T_min
- -40 °Cregion I, north-western
- Snow S₀ / wind W₀
- 1,230 / 410Pa
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Birky
The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.9° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Кропивницький, 49 km: snow 1,230 Pa, wind 410 Pa.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
July: 147 kWh/kWp, December: 29 — 5.1 times less.
January: 38 against 35 in the oblast, 8.6% more.
| kWp | A year | July | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,761 | 735 | 145 |
| 10 | 11,521 | 1,470 | 290 |
| 15 | 17,282 | 2,205 | 435 |
Example: a 10 kW ground frame
For the loads of Kropyvnytskyi: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 372 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 48,082 UAH.
How these numbers are computed
Nearby
- Strymivka3 km1,152 kWh/kWp
- Oleksandrivka5 km1,152 kWh/kWp
- Kytaihorod5 km1,158 kWh/kWp
- Sosnivka5 km1,156 kWh/kWp
- Nyzhchi Vereshchaky6 km1,156 kWh/kWp
- Vesele6 km1,156 kWh/kWp
All places: Kropyvnytskyi RaionKirovohrad 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.