Solar plant: site data
Solar power plant in Plotyna, Starobilskyi Raion, Luhansk Oblast
Plotyna: 1,128 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° facing south (PVGIS). 1.9% below the oblast median (1,150). #195 of 201 in the rayon, #931 of 964 in the oblast.
Starobilsk, the rayon centre, is 37 km away. 106 m above sea level. 37 km away: Starobilsk, the nearest bigger centre, 1,140 — 1.1% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Харків, 222 km. 11.39 m between rows, pitch 15.26 m (latitude 49.5°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,128kWh/year
- Tilt
- 36°facing south
- 10 kW
- 11,281kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 15.26m · GCR 0.31
- 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 49.5° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Харків, 222 km: snow 1,600 Pa, wind 430 Pa.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
July: 146 kWh/kWp, December: 23 — 6.3 times less.
December: 23 against 26 in the oblast, 11.5% less.
| kWp | A year | July | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,641 | 730 | 115 |
| 10 | 11,281 | 1,460 | 230 |
| 15 | 16,922 | 2,190 | 345 |
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
- Dontsivka8 km1,128 kWh/kWp
- Aydar8 km1,133 kWh/kWp
- Zaaydarivka10 km1,140 kWh/kWp
- Ikove11 km1,133 kWh/kWp
- Kreidiane11 km1,139 kWh/kWp
- Horodyshche11 km1,140 kWh/kWp
All places: Starobilskyi RaionLuhansk Oblast: rayons and towns
Free calculators
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.