Solar plant: site data
Solar power plant in Cheponosy, Dnistrovskyi Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast
Cheponosy: 1,142 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 1° east of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,143). #83 of 113 in the rayon, #223 of 422 in the oblast.
Kelmentsi, the rayon centre, is 35 km away. 221 m above sea level. 28 km away: Kamyanets-Podilskyi, the nearest bigger centre, 1,129 — 1.2% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Чернівці, 37 km. 10.81 m between rows, pitch 14.63 m (latitude 48.5°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,142kWh/year
- Tilt
- 37°1° east of south
- 10 kW
- 11,416kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 14.63m · GCR 0.33
- T_min
- -38 °Cregion IIIA, Carpathian
- Snow S₀ / wind W₀
- 1,320 / 500Pa
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Cheponosy
The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.5° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Чернівці, 37 km: snow 1,320 Pa, wind 500 Pa.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
July: 143 kWh/kWp, December: 34 — 4.2 times less.
January: 39 against 45 in the oblast, 13.3% less.
| kWp | A year | July | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,708 | 715 | 170 |
| 10 | 11,416 | 1,430 | 340 |
| 15 | 17,124 | 2,145 | 510 |
Example: a 10 kW ground frame
For the loads of Chernivtsi: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 412 kg of steel, 16 piles, materials ≈ 54,638 UAH.
How these numbers are computed
Nearby
- Hordivtsi3 km1,144 kWh/kWp
- Bilivtsi3 km1,116 kWh/kWp
- Rukshyn3 km1,142 kWh/kWp
- Orestivka4 km1,145 kWh/kWp
- Trubchyn5 km987 kWh/kWp
- Nedoboyvtsi6 km1,144 kWh/kWp
All places: Dnistrovskyi RaionChernivtsi 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.