Solar plant: site data
Solar power plant in Kovalove, Nizhynskyi Raion, Chernihiv Oblast
Kovalove: 1,102 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 2° east of south (PVGIS). 0.5% below the oblast median (1,108). #301 of 327 in the rayon, #979 of 1558 in the oblast.
Nizhyn, the rayon centre, is 59 km away. 140 m above sea level. 46 km away: Konotop, the nearest bigger centre, 1,110 — 0.7% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Чернігів, 117 km. 13.05 m between rows, pitch 16.87 m (latitude 51.0°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,102kWh/year
- Tilt
- 37°2° east of south
- 10 kW
- 11,020kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 16.87m · GCR 0.28
- T_min
- -40 °Cregion I, north-western
- Snow S₀ / wind W₀
- 1,720 / 410Pa
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Kovalove
The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 51.0° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Чернігів, 117 km: snow 1,720 Pa, wind 410 Pa.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
July: 144 kWh/kWp, December: 23 — 6.3 times less.
February: 52 against 57 in the oblast, 8.8% less.
| kWp | A year | July | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,510 | 720 | 115 |
| 10 | 11,020 | 1,440 | 230 |
| 15 | 16,530 | 2,160 | 345 |
Example: a 10 kW ground frame
For the loads of Chernihiv: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 363 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 54,473 UAH.
How these numbers are computed
Nearby
- Sofiivka2 km1,111 kWh/kWp
- Tereshykha3 km1,109 kWh/kWp
- Smolove3 km1,102 kWh/kWp
- Zabolottia6 km1,109 kWh/kWp
- Luhove6 km1,111 kWh/kWp
- Bilovezhi Druhi6 km1,104 kWh/kWp
All places: Nizhynskyi RaionChernihiv Oblast: rayons and towns
Free calculators
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.