Solar plant: site data
Solar power plant in Smodna, Kosivskyi Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Smodna: 1,123 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 39° 2° east of south (PVGIS). 2.4% above the oblast median (1,097). #5 of 41 in the rayon, #87 of 700 in the oblast.
Kosiv, the rayon centre, is 3 km away. 337 m above sea level. 3 km away: Kosiv, the nearest bigger centre, 1,110 — 1.2% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Чернівці, 59 km. 11.17 m between rows, pitch 14.89 m (latitude 48.3°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,123kWh/year
- Tilt
- 39°2° east of south
- 10 kW
- 11,229kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 14.89m · 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: Smodna
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, 59 km: snow 1,320 Pa, wind 500 Pa.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
July: 130 kWh/kWp, December: 45 — 2.9 times less.
December: 45 against 38 in the oblast, 18.4% more.
| kWp | A year | July | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,615 | 650 | 225 |
| 10 | 11,229 | 1,300 | 450 |
| 15 | 16,844 | 1,950 | 675 |
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
- Staryi Kosiv1 km1,123 kWh/kWp
- Cherhanivka2 km1,115 kWh/kWp
- Verbovets3 km1,124 kWh/kWp
- Kosiv3 km1,110 kWh/kWp
- Stari Kuty4 km1,112 kWh/kWp
- Slobidka7 km1,118 kWh/kWp
All places: Kosivskyi 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.