Solar plant: site data
Solar power plant in Ridkivtsi, Chernivetskyi Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast
Ridkivtsi: 1,159 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° facing south (PVGIS). 1.4% above the oblast median (1,143). #55 of 215 in the rayon, #68 of 422 in the oblast.
Chernivtsi, the rayon centre, is 12 km away. 211 m above sea level. 12 km away: Chernivtsi, the nearest bigger centre, 1,151 — 0.7% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Чернівці, 11 km. 10.70 m between rows, pitch 14.52 m (latitude 48.3°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,159kWh/year
- Tilt
- 37°facing south
- 10 kW
- 11,587kWh/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: Ridkivtsi
The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.3° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Чернівці, 11 km: snow 1,320 Pa, wind 500 Pa.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
July: 142 kWh/kWp, December: 37 — 3.8 times less.
September: 117 against 114 in the oblast, 2.6% more.
| kWp | A year | July | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,794 | 710 | 185 |
| 10 | 11,587 | 1,420 | 370 |
| 15 | 17,381 | 2,130 | 555 |
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
- Buda5 km1,156 kWh/kWp
- Toporivtsi5 km1,160 kWh/kWp
- Mahala5 km1,157 kWh/kWp
- Hay6 km1,160 kWh/kWp
- Ostrytsya6 km1,156 kWh/kWp
- Prut7 km1,156 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.