Solar plant: site data
Solar power plant in Plotyna, Shchastynskyi Raion, Luhansk Oblast
Plotyna: 1,142 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° facing south (PVGIS). 0.7% below the oblast median (1,150). #82 of 83 in the rayon, #662 of 964 in the oblast.
Novoaidar, the rayon centre, is 40 km away. 113 m above sea level. 29 km away: Luhansk, the nearest bigger centre, 1,159 — 1.5% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Харків, 270 km. 10.79 m between rows, pitch 14.66 m (latitude 48.8°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,142kWh/year
- Tilt
- 36°facing south
- 10 kW
- 11,415kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 14.66m · 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: Plotyna
The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.8° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Харків, 270 km: snow 1,600 Pa, wind 430 Pa.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
August: 146 kWh/kWp, December: 26 — 5.6 times less.
February: 58 against 56 in the oblast, 3.6% more.
| kWp | A year | August | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,708 | 730 | 130 |
| 10 | 11,415 | 1,460 | 260 |
| 15 | 17,123 | 2,190 | 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
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- Stepove7 km1,153 kWh/kWp
- Serednoteple9 km1,144 kWh/kWp
- Verkhnii Minchenok9 km1,145 kWh/kWp
All places: Shchastynskyi 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.