Solar plant: site data
Solar power plant in Arabka, Melitopolskyi Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Arabka: 1,224 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° 1° east of south (PVGIS). 1.0% above the oblast median (1,212). #163 of 215 in the rayon, #270 of 972 in the oblast.
Melitopol, the rayon centre, is 30 km away. 51 m above sea level. 28 km away: Pryazovske, the nearest bigger centre, 1,254 — 2.4% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Запоріжжя, 107 km. 9.54 m between rows, pitch 13.41 m (latitude 47.0°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,224kWh/year
- Tilt
- 36°1° east of south
- 10 kW
- 12,235kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 13.41m · GCR 0.36
- T_min
- -42 °Cregion II, south-eastern
- Snow S₀ / wind W₀
- 1,110 / 460Pa
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Arabka
The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 47.0° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Запоріжжя, 107 km: snow 1,110 Pa, wind 460 Pa.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
August: 152 kWh/kWp, December: 35 — 4.3 times less.
January: 41 against 37 in the oblast, 10.8% more.
| kWp | A year | August | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 6,118 | 760 | 175 |
| 10 | 12,235 | 1,520 | 350 |
| 15 | 18,353 | 2,280 | 525 |
Example: a 10 kW ground frame
For the loads of Zaporizhzhia: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 372 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 49,705 UAH.
How these numbers are computed
Nearby
- Svobodne3 km1,223 kWh/kWp
- Rozivka5 km1,224 kWh/kWp
- Zoriane7 km1,223 kWh/kWp
- Astrakhanka7 km1,226 kWh/kWp
- Kalynivka8 km1,223 kWh/kWp
- Astrachanka8 km1,228 kWh/kWp
All places: Melitopolskyi RaionZaporizhzhia 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.