Solar plant: site data
Solar power plant in Stepove, Kropyvnytskyi Raion, Kirovohrad Oblast
Stepove: 1,169 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° 4° east of south (PVGIS). 1.0% above the oblast median (1,157). #53 of 254 in the rayon, #100 of 708 in the oblast.
Kropyvnytskyi, the rayon centre, is 61 km away. 183 m above sea level. 25 km away: Ustynivka, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,168. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Кропивницький, 62 km. 10.28 m between rows, pitch 14.15 m (latitude 48.1°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,169kWh/year
- Tilt
- 36°4° east of south
- 10 kW
- 11,686kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 14.15m · GCR 0.34
- T_min
- -42 °Cregion II, south-eastern
- Snow S₀ / wind W₀
- 1,230 / 410Pa
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Stepove
The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.1° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Кропивницький, 62 km: snow 1,230 Pa, wind 410 Pa.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
July: 153 kWh/kWp, December: 28 — 5.5 times less.
January: 37 against 35 in the oblast, 5.7% more.
| kWp | A year | July | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,843 | 765 | 140 |
| 10 | 11,686 | 1,530 | 280 |
| 15 | 17,529 | 2,295 | 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
Nearby
- Falkove1 km1,169 kWh/kWp
- Dolynska3 km1,164 kWh/kWp
- Zgoda5 km1,165 kWh/kWp
- Malovodyane5 km1,165 kWh/kWp
- Marfivka6 km1,168 kWh/kWp
- Pelageivka6 km1,164 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.