Solar plant: site data
Solar power plant in Kurhan, Sumskyi Raion, Sumy Oblast
Kurhan: 1,112 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 38° 5° east of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,110). #219 of 466 in the rayon, #598 of 1534 in the oblast.
Sumy, the rayon centre, is 45 km away. 111 m above sea level. 39 km away: Hadyach, the nearest bigger centre, 1,120 — 0.7% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Суми, 44 km. 12.98 m between rows, pitch 16.75 m (latitude 50.6°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,112kWh/year
- Tilt
- 38°5° east of south
- 10 kW
- 11,124kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 16.75m · GCR 0.29
- T_min
- -40 °Cregion I, north-western
- Snow S₀ / wind W₀
- 1,670 / 420Pa
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Kurhan
The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 50.6° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Суми, 44 km: snow 1,670 Pa, wind 420 Pa.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
July: 142 kWh/kWp, December: 26 — 5.5 times less.
December: 26 against 23 in the oblast, 13.0% more.
| kWp | A year | July | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,562 | 710 | 130 |
| 10 | 11,124 | 1,420 | 260 |
| 15 | 16,686 | 2,130 | 390 |
Example: a 10 kW ground frame
For the loads of Sumy: 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.