Solar plant: site data
Solar power plant in Butkevych, Rovenkivskyi Raion, Luhansk Oblast
Butkevych: 1,151 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° 2° east of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,150). #95 of 96 in the rayon, #448 of 964 in the oblast.
Rovenky, the rayon centre, is 45 km away. 226 m above sea level. 18 km away: Alchevsk, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,149. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Харків, 268 km. 10.44 m between rows, pitch 14.31 m (latitude 48.3°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,151kWh/year
- Tilt
- 36°2° east of south
- 10 kW
- 11,507kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 14.31m · GCR 0.33
- T_min
- -42 °Cregion II, south-eastern
- Snow S₀ / wind W₀
- 1,600 / 430Pa
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Butkevych
The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.3° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Харків, 268 km: snow 1,600 Pa, wind 430 Pa.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
August: 148 kWh/kWp, December: 27 — 5.5 times less.
February: 53 against 56 in the oblast, 5.4% less.
| kWp | A year | August | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,754 | 740 | 135 |
| 10 | 11,507 | 1,480 | 270 |
| 15 | 17,261 | 2,220 | 405 |
Example: a 10 kW ground frame
For the loads of Kharkiv: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 359 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 53,991 UAH.
How these numbers are computed
Nearby
- Fedorivka2 km1,155 kWh/kWp
- Shyrokyi2 km1,155 kWh/kWp
- Petrovo-Krasnosillya2 km1,154 kWh/kWp
- Mykytivka3 km1,153 kWh/kWp
- Soniachne4 km1,153 kWh/kWp
- Voskresenivka4 km1,155 kWh/kWp
All places: Rovenkivskyi RaionLuhansk 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.