Solar plant: site data
Solar power plant in Kopani, Kropyvnytskyi Raion, Kirovohrad Oblast
Kopani: 1,157 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° 3° east of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,157). #163 of 254 in the rayon, #366 of 708 in the oblast.
Kropyvnytskyi, the rayon centre, is 25 km away. 213 m above sea level. 20 km away: Znamyanka, the nearest bigger centre, 1,163 — 0.5% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Кропивницький, 24 km. 10.73 m between rows, pitch 14.60 m (latitude 48.7°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,157kWh/year
- Tilt
- 36°3° east of south
- 10 kW
- 11,572kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 14.60m · GCR 0.33
- T_min
- -42 °Cregion II, south-eastern
- Snow S₀ / wind W₀
- 1,230 / 410Pa
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Kopani
The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.7° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Кропивницький, 24 km: snow 1,230 Pa, wind 410 Pa.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
July: 150 kWh/kWp, December: 28 — 5.4 times less.
February: 54 against 52 in the oblast, 3.8% more.
| kWp | A year | July | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,786 | 750 | 140 |
| 10 | 11,572 | 1,500 | 280 |
| 15 | 17,358 | 2,250 | 420 |
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
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- Hlyboka Balka2 km1,161 kWh/kWp
- Spaso-Mazharivka2 km1,153 kWh/kWp
- Trepivka3 km1,158 kWh/kWp
- Novopolyna4 km1,158 kWh/kWp
- Kucherivka4 km1,157 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.