Solar plant: site data
Solar power plant in Potichok, Kolomyiskyi Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Potichok: 1,139 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 38° 1° west of south (PVGIS). 3.8% above the oblast median (1,097). #3 of 154 in the rayon, #3 of 700 in the oblast.
Kolomyia, the rayon centre, is 38 km away. 256 m above sea level. 16 km away: Kitsman, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,137. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Чернівці, 36 km. 11.06 m between rows, pitch 14.83 m (latitude 48.5°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,139kWh/year
- Tilt
- 38°1° west of south
- 10 kW
- 11,389kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 14.83m · GCR 0.32
- T_min
- -38 °Cregion IIIA, Carpathian
- Snow S₀ / wind W₀
- 1,320 / 500Pa
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Potichok
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, 36 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: 39 — 3.5 times less.
September: 113 against 108 in the oblast, 4.6% more.
| kWp | A year | July | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,695 | 690 | 195 |
| 10 | 11,389 | 1,380 | 390 |
| 15 | 17,084 | 2,070 | 585 |
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
- Sniatyn4 km1,139 kWh/kWp
- Rusov4 km1,132 kWh/kWp
- Stetseva5 km1,131 kWh/kWp
- Ustia6 km1,134 kWh/kWp
- Khlivyshche6 km1,135 kWh/kWp
- Beleluia6 km1,135 kWh/kWp
All places: Kolomyiskyi RaionIvano-Frankivsk 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.