Solar plant: site data
Solar power plant in Orikhove, Rovenkivskyi Raion, Luhansk Oblast
Orikhove: 1,160 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° facing south (PVGIS). 0.9% above the oblast median (1,150). #14 of 96 in the rayon, #75 of 964 in the oblast.
Rovenky, the rayon centre, is 16 km away. 148 m above sea level. 16 km away: Rovenky, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,157. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Запоріжжя, 301 km. 10.24 m between rows, pitch 14.11 m (latitude 48.0°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,160kWh/year
- Tilt
- 36°facing south
- 10 kW
- 11,601kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 14.11m · GCR 0.34
- T_min
- -42 °Cregion II, south-eastern
- Snow S₀ / wind W₀
- 1,110 / 460Pa
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Orikhove
The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.0° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Запоріжжя, 301 km: snow 1,110 Pa, wind 460 Pa.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
August: 149 kWh/kWp, December: 29 — 5.1 times less.
November: 48 against 43 in the oblast, 11.6% more.
| kWp | A year | August | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,801 | 745 | 145 |
| 10 | 11,601 | 1,490 | 290 |
| 15 | 17,402 | 2,235 | 435 |
Example: a 10 kW ground frame
For the loads of Zaporizhzhia: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 372 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 49,705 UAH.
How these numbers are computed
Nearby
- Hirnyk4 km1,153 kWh/kWp
- Vyshneve4 km1,159 kWh/kWp
- Dubivskyi4 km1,159 kWh/kWp
- Tatsyne4 km1,152 kWh/kWp
- Dubivskyi5 km1,153 kWh/kWp
- Mykhailivka7 km1,154 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.