Solar plant: site data
Solar power plant in Stepanivka, Alchevskyi Raion, Luhansk Oblast
Stepanivka: 1,147 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° facing south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,150). #84 of 86 in the rayon, #561 of 964 in the oblast.
Alchevsk, the rayon centre, is 22 km away. 234 m above sea level. 22 km away: Alchevsk, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,149. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Харків, 237 km. 10.53 m between rows, pitch 14.40 m (latitude 48.5°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,147kWh/year
- Tilt
- 36°facing south
- 10 kW
- 11,467kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 14.40m · GCR 0.33
- T_min
- -42 °Cregion II, south-eastern
- Snow S₀ / wind W₀
- 1,600 / 430Pa
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Stepanivka
The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.5° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Харків, 237 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: 26 — 5.7 times less.
October: 88 against 84 in the oblast, 4.8% more.
| kWp | A year | August | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,734 | 735 | 130 |
| 10 | 11,467 | 1,470 | 260 |
| 15 | 17,201 | 2,205 | 390 |
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
- Yuzhna Lomuvatka3 km1,152 kWh/kWp
- Nadarivka3 km1,149 kWh/kWp
- Veselohorivka4 km1,149 kWh/kWp
- Polove5 km1,150 kWh/kWp
- Hannivka5 km1,147 kWh/kWp
- Stare5 km1,150 kWh/kWp
All places: Alchevskyi 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.