Solar plant: site data
Solar power plant in Rafailivka, Rovenkivskyi Raion, Luhansk Oblast
Rafailivka: 1,153 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 35° facing south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,150). #81 of 96 in the rayon, #337 of 964 in the oblast.
Rovenky, the rayon centre, is 14 km away. 275 m above sea level. 14 km away: Rovenky, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,157. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Харків, 300 km. 10.04 m between rows, pitch 13.96 m (latitude 48.1°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,153kWh/year
- Tilt
- 35°facing south
- 10 kW
- 11,532kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 13.96m · GCR 0.34
- T_min
- -42 °Cregion II, south-eastern
- Snow S₀ / wind W₀
- 1,600 / 430Pa
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Rafailivka
The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.1° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Харків, 300 km: snow 1,600 Pa, wind 430 Pa.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
August: 149 kWh/kWp, December: 28 — 5.3 times less.
December: 28 against 26 in the oblast, 7.7% more.
| kWp | A year | August | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,766 | 745 | 140 |
| 10 | 11,532 | 1,490 | 280 |
| 15 | 17,298 | 2,235 | 420 |
Example: a 10 kW ground frame
For the loads of Kharkiv: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 385 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 51,876 UAH.
How these numbers are computed
Nearby
- Chapaievka2 km1,154 kWh/kWp
- Leskyne3 km1,156 kWh/kWp
- Lobivski Kopalni3 km1,154 kWh/kWp
- Illinka3 km1,154 kWh/kWp
- Nahirnyi4 km1,154 kWh/kWp
- Koshary4 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.