Solar plant: site data
Solar power plant in Zhuravka, Starobilskyi Raion, Luhansk Oblast
Zhuravka: 1,134 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° facing south (PVGIS). 1.3% below the oblast median (1,150). #158 of 201 in the rayon, #823 of 964 in the oblast.
Starobilsk, the rayon centre, is 84 km away. 188 m above sea level. 84 km away: Novoaidar, the nearest bigger centre, 1,155 — 1.8% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Харків, 288 km. 11.16 m between rows, pitch 15.03 m (latitude 49.3°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,134kWh/year
- Tilt
- 36°facing south
- 10 kW
- 11,343kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 15.03m · 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: Zhuravka
The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 49.3° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Харків, 288 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: 24 — 6.1 times less.
December: 24 against 26 in the oblast, 7.7% less.
| kWp | A year | August | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,672 | 735 | 120 |
| 10 | 11,343 | 1,470 | 240 |
| 15 | 17,015 | 2,205 | 360 |
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
- Zhuravske0 km1,134 kWh/kWp
- Yarske4 km1,140 kWh/kWp
- Berezovo5 km1,137 kWh/kWp
- Krynychne5 km1,135 kWh/kWp
- Berezovo-Yarsk5 km1,140 kWh/kWp
- Berezove8 km1,135 kWh/kWp
All places: Starobilskyi 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.