Solar plant: site data
Solar power plant in Kopani, Starobilskyi Raion, Luhansk Oblast
Kopani: 1,148 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° facing south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,150). #23 of 201 in the rayon, #546 of 964 in the oblast.
Starobilsk, the rayon centre, is 36 km away. 183 m above sea level. 36 km away: Starobilsk, the nearest bigger centre, 1,140 — 0.6% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Харків, 243 km. 11.15 m between rows, pitch 15.02 m (latitude 49.2°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,148kWh/year
- Tilt
- 36°facing south
- 10 kW
- 11,475kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 15.02m · GCR 0.32
- T_min
- -42 °Cregion II, south-eastern
- Snow S₀ / wind W₀
- 1,600 / 430Pa
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Kopani
The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 49.2° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Харків, 243 km: snow 1,600 Pa, wind 430 Pa.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
August: 147 kWh/kWp, December: 26 — 5.7 times less.
January: 43 against 39 in the oblast, 10.3% more.
| kWp | A year | August | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,738 | 735 | 130 |
| 10 | 11,475 | 1,470 | 260 |
| 15 | 17,213 | 2,205 | 390 |
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
- Pryvilne3 km1,145 kWh/kWp
- Honcharove3 km1,145 kWh/kWp
- Parneve4 km1,144 kWh/kWp
- Yevsuh7 km1,142 kWh/kWp
- Lytvynivka8 km1,146 kWh/kWp
- Brusivka10 km1,141 kWh/kWp
All places: Starobilskyi 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.