Solar plant: site data
Solar power plant in Karapchiv, Chernivetskyi Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast
Karapchiv: 1,159 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 38° 1° east of south (PVGIS). 1.5% above the oblast median (1,143). #51 of 215 in the rayon, #63 of 422 in the oblast.
Chernivtsi, the rayon centre, is 24 km away. 352 m above sea level. 6 km away: Hlyboka, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,160. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Чернівці, 24 km. 10.75 m between rows, pitch 14.52 m (latitude 48.1°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,159kWh/year
- Tilt
- 38°1° east of south
- 10 kW
- 11,594kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 14.52m · 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: Karapchiv
The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.1° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Чернівці, 24 km: snow 1,320 Pa, wind 500 Pa.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
July: 138 kWh/kWp, December: 43 — 3.2 times less.
December: 43 against 37 in the oblast, 16.2% more.
| kWp | A year | July | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,797 | 690 | 215 |
| 10 | 11,594 | 1,380 | 430 |
| 15 | 17,391 | 2,070 | 645 |
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
- Prosika1 km1,163 kWh/kWp
- Prosykuryany3 km1,164 kWh/kWp
- Sucheveny3 km1,159 kWh/kWp
- Yordaneshty4 km1,160 kWh/kWp
- Petrichanka4 km1,153 kWh/kWp
- Kupka6 km1,154 kWh/kWp
All places: Chernivetskyi 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.