Solar plant: site data
Solar power plant in Pidvalne, Chernivetskyi Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast
Pidvalne: 1,163 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 38° facing south (PVGIS). 1.8% above the oblast median (1,143). #26 of 215 in the rayon, #30 of 422 in the oblast.
Chernivtsi, the rayon centre, is 24 km away. 238 m above sea level. 13 km away: Novoselytsya, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,158. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Чернівці, 23 km. 10.79 m between rows, pitch 14.56 m (latitude 48.1°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,163kWh/year
- Tilt
- 38°facing south
- 10 kW
- 11,626kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 14.56m · 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: Pidvalne
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, 23 km: snow 1,320 Pa, wind 500 Pa.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
July: 141 kWh/kWp, December: 40 — 3.5 times less.
December: 40 against 37 in the oblast, 8.1% more.
| kWp | A year | July | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,813 | 705 | 200 |
| 10 | 11,626 | 1,410 | 400 |
| 15 | 17,439 | 2,115 | 600 |
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
- Bayraky2 km1,162 kWh/kWp
- Velyka Buda4 km1,149 kWh/kWp
- Mala Buda4 km1,162 kWh/kWp
- Khriatska5 km1,164 kWh/kWp
- Kulykivka5 km1,168 kWh/kWp
- Petrashivka5 km1,169 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.