Solar plant: site data
Solar power plant in Mel’nichnoye, Kurmanskyi Raion, Autonomous Republic of Crimea
Mel’nichnoye: 1,278 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 35° facing south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,284). #17 of 126 in the rayon, #596 of 1025 in the oblast.
Kurman, the rayon centre, is 36 km away. 11 m above sea level. 28 km away: Yany Kapu, the nearest bigger centre, 1,318 — 3.0% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Херсон, 146 km. 8.63 m between rows, pitch 12.55 m (latitude 45.8°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,278kWh/year
- Tilt
- 35°facing south
- 10 kW
- 12,782kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 12.55m · GCR 0.38
- T_min
- -27 °Cregion V, Crimean Mountains
- Snow S₀ / wind W₀
- 760 / 480Pa
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Mel’nichnoye
The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 45.8° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Херсон, 146 km: snow 760 Pa, wind 480 Pa.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
July: 156 kWh/kWp, December: 43 — 3.6 times less.
February: 60 against 64 in the oblast, 6.3% less.
| kWp | A year | July | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 6,391 | 780 | 215 |
| 10 | 12,782 | 1,560 | 430 |
| 15 | 19,173 | 2,340 | 645 |
Example: a 10 kW ground frame
For the loads of Kherson: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 349 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 47,980 UAH.
How these numbers are computed
Nearby
- Znamianka3 km1,278 kWh/kWp
- Shatry4 km1,279 kWh/kWp
- Snegiryovka4 km1,276 kWh/kWp
- Ostrovskoye4 km1,271 kWh/kWp
- Orlovskoye6 km1,295 kWh/kWp
- Novoivanovka8 km1,292 kWh/kWp
All places: Kurmanskyi RaionAutonomous Republic of Crimea: 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.