Solar plant: site data
Solar power plant in Stepnyi Yar, Shchastynskyi Raion, Luhansk Oblast
Stepnyi Yar: 1,157 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° facing south (PVGIS). 0.6% above the oblast median (1,150). #8 of 83 in the rayon, #165 of 964 in the oblast.
Novoaidar, the rayon centre, is 11 km away. 169 m above sea level. 11 km away: Novoaidar, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,155. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Харків, 221 km. 11.20 m between rows, pitch 15.02 m (latitude 49.0°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,157kWh/year
- Tilt
- 37°facing south
- 10 kW
- 11,566kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 15.02m · 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: Stepnyi Yar
The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 49.0° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Харків, 221 km: snow 1,600 Pa, wind 430 Pa.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
August: 148 kWh/kWp, December: 26 — 5.7 times less.
February: 61 against 56 in the oblast, 8.9% more.
| kWp | A year | August | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,783 | 740 | 130 |
| 10 | 11,566 | 1,480 | 260 |
| 15 | 17,349 | 2,220 | 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
- Popasne3 km1,155 kWh/kWp
- Oknyne5 km1,155 kWh/kWp
- Malovendelivka7 km1,150 kWh/kWp
- Novookhtyrka8 km1,150 kWh/kWp
- Aidar-Mykolaivka8 km1,157 kWh/kWp
- Spivakivka9 km1,156 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.