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

41Jan58Feb91Mar115Apr138May142Jun145Jul147Aug122Sep84Oct44Nov28Dec

August: 147 kWh/kWp, December: 28 — 5.3 times less.

December: 28 against 26 in the oblast, 7.7% more.

Makarove: plants, kWh
kWpA yearAugustDecember
55,780735140
1011,5591,470280
1517,3392,205420

Snow and wind: Харків

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.

The whole frame: drawing, BOM, checks

How these numbers are computed

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