Solar plant: site data
Solar power plant in Popivka, Starobilskyi Raion, Luhansk Oblast
Popivka: 1,140 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° facing south (PVGIS). 0.9% below the oblast median (1,150). #103 of 201 in the rayon, #695 of 964 in the oblast.
Starobilsk, the rayon centre, is 56 km away. 69 m above sea level. 46 km away: Novoaidar, the nearest bigger centre, 1,155 — 1.3% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Харків, 264 km. 11.02 m between rows, pitch 14.89 m (latitude 49.1°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,140kWh/year
- Tilt
- 36°facing south
- 10 kW
- 11,400kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 14.89m · 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: Popivka
The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 49.1° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Харків, 264 km: snow 1,600 Pa, wind 430 Pa.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
July: 147 kWh/kWp, December: 22 — 6.7 times less.
December: 22 against 26 in the oblast, 15.4% less.
| kWp | A year | July | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,700 | 735 | 110 |
| 10 | 11,400 | 1,470 | 220 |
| 15 | 17,100 | 2,205 | 330 |
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
- Horodyshche4 km1,133 kWh/kWp
- Danylivka4 km1,145 kWh/kWp
- Tretiakivka5 km1,150 kWh/kWp
- Novoderkul5 km1,145 kWh/kWp
- Nozdrivka8 km1,151 kWh/kWp
- Horodnie10 km1,146 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.