Solar plant: site data
Solar power plant in Raivka, Luhanskyi Raion, Luhansk Oblast
Raivka: 1,146 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° 1° west of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,150). #100 of 101 in the rayon, #571 of 964 in the oblast.
Luhansk, the rayon centre, is 16 km away. 76 m above sea level. 16 km away: Luhansk, the nearest bigger centre, 1,159 — 1.1% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Харків, 259 km. 10.71 m between rows, pitch 14.58 m (latitude 48.7°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,146kWh/year
- Tilt
- 36°1° west of south
- 10 kW
- 11,464kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 14.58m · 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: Raivka
The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.7° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Харків, 259 km: snow 1,600 Pa, wind 430 Pa.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
August: 147 kWh/kWp, December: 26 — 5.7 times less.
January: 36 against 39 in the oblast, 7.7% less.
| kWp | A year | August | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,732 | 735 | 130 |
| 10 | 11,464 | 1,470 | 260 |
| 15 | 17,196 | 2,205 | 390 |
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
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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.