Solar plant: site data
Solar power plant in Makarove, Shchastynskyi Raion, Luhansk Oblast
Makarove: 1,156 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 1° west of south (PVGIS). 0.5% above the oblast median (1,150). #10 of 83 in the rayon, #183 of 964 in the oblast.
Novoaidar, the rayon centre, is 49 km away. 66 m above sea level. 20 km away: Luhansk, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,159. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Харків, 279 km. 10.96 m between rows, pitch 14.78 m (latitude 48.7°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,156kWh/year
- Tilt
- 37°1° west of south
- 10 kW
- 11,559kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 14.78m · GCR 0.32
- T_min
- -42 °Cregion II, south-eastern
- Snow S₀ / wind W₀
- 1,600 / 430Pa
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Makarove
The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.7° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Харків, 279 km: snow 1,600 Pa, wind 430 Pa.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
August: 147 kWh/kWp, December: 28 — 5.3 times less.
December: 28 against 26 in the oblast, 7.7% more.
| kWp | A year | August | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,780 | 735 | 140 |
| 10 | 11,559 | 1,470 | 280 |
| 15 | 17,339 | 2,205 | 420 |
Example: a 10 kW ground frame
For the loads of Kharkiv: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 359 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 53,991 UAH.
How these numbers are computed
Nearby
- Valuiske2 km1,156 kWh/kWp
- Pshenychne2 km1,153 kWh/kWp
- Makarov3 km1,146 kWh/kWp
- Stanytsya-Luhanska3 km1,153 kWh/kWp
- Vilkhove4 km1,152 kWh/kWp
- Nyzhnia Vilkhova8 km1,154 kWh/kWp
All places: Shchastynskyi RaionLuhansk 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.