Solar plant: site data
Solar power plant in Pidhirne, Melitopolskyi Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Pidhirne: 1,216 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° 2° east of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,212). #204 of 215 in the rayon, #427 of 972 in the oblast.
Melitopol, the rayon centre, is 34 km away. 74 m above sea level. 26 km away: Vesele, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,216. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Запоріжжя, 79 km. 9.64 m between rows, pitch 13.51 m (latitude 47.1°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,216kWh/year
- Tilt
- 36°2° east of south
- 10 kW
- 12,155kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 13.51m · GCR 0.35
- T_min
- -42 °Cregion II, south-eastern
- Snow S₀ / wind W₀
- 1,110 / 460Pa
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Pidhirne
The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 47.1° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Запоріжжя, 79 km: snow 1,110 Pa, wind 460 Pa.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
July: 153 kWh/kWp, December: 33 — 4.6 times less.
January: 39 against 37 in the oblast, 5.4% more.
| kWp | A year | July | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 6,078 | 765 | 165 |
| 10 | 12,155 | 1,530 | 330 |
| 15 | 18,233 | 2,295 | 495 |
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
- Molodizhne2 km1,215 kWh/kWp
- Solodke3 km1,217 kWh/kWp
- Novomykolaivka3 km1,216 kWh/kWp
- Oleksandrivka5 km1,216 kWh/kWp
- Tarsalak5 km1,216 kWh/kWp
- Marianivka6 km1,215 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.