Solar plant: site data
Solar power plant in Katyna, Sambirskyi Raion, Lviv Oblast
Katyna: 1,060 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 39° 5° east of south (PVGIS). 2.2% below the oblast median (1,084). #153 of 264 in the rayon, #1329 of 1532 in the oblast.
Sambir, the rayon centre, is 36 km away. 443 m above sea level. 36 km away: Sambir, the nearest bigger centre, 1,074 — 1.3% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Львів, 102 km. 12.18 m between rows, pitch 15.90 m (latitude 49.5°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,060kWh/year
- Tilt
- 39°5° east of south
- 10 kW
- 10,603kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 15.90m · GCR 0.30
- T_min
- -40 °Cregion I, north-western
- Snow S₀ / wind W₀
- 1,310 / 520Pa
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Katyna
The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 49.5° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Львів, 102 km: snow 1,310 Pa, wind 520 Pa.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
July: 126 kWh/kWp, December: 39 — 3.2 times less.
December: 39 against 32 in the oblast, 21.9% more.
| kWp | A year | July | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,302 | 630 | 195 |
| 10 | 10,603 | 1,260 | 390 |
| 15 | 15,905 | 1,890 | 585 |
Example: a 10 kW ground frame
For the loads of Lviv: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 376 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 50,491 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.