Solar plant: site data
Solar power plant in Druzhba, Melitopolskyi Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Druzhba: 1,253 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° facing south (PVGIS). 3.4% above the oblast median (1,212). #53 of 215 in the rayon, #86 of 972 in the oblast.
Melitopol, the rayon centre, is 45 km away. 23 m above sea level. 22 km away: Yakymivka, the nearest bigger centre, 1,243 — 0.8% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Запоріжжя, 145 km. 9.28 m between rows, pitch 13.15 m (latitude 46.5°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,253kWh/year
- Tilt
- 36°facing south
- 10 kW
- 12,531kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 13.15m · 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: Druzhba
The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 46.5° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Запоріжжя, 145 km: snow 1,110 Pa, wind 460 Pa.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
August: 154 kWh/kWp, December: 38 — 4.1 times less.
January: 44 against 37 in the oblast, 18.9% more.
| kWp | A year | August | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 6,266 | 770 | 190 |
| 10 | 12,531 | 1,540 | 380 |
| 15 | 18,797 | 2,310 | 570 |
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
- Chervone4 km1,260 kWh/kWp
- Pravda5 km1,248 kWh/kWp
- Rozivka5 km1,253 kWh/kWp
- Sokolohirne6 km1,262 kWh/kWp
- Pobeda6 km1,247 kWh/kWp
- Zirka6 km1,248 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.