Solar plant: site data
Solar power plant in Volchkuv, Chortkivskyi Raion, Ternopil Oblast
Volchkuv: 1,117 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° 1° west of south (PVGIS). 2.2% above the oblast median (1,093). #149 of 296 in the rayon, #149 of 744 in the oblast.
Chortkiv, the rayon centre, is 34 km away. 162 m above sea level. 22 km away: Zastavna, the nearest bigger centre, 1,131 — 1.3% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Чернівці, 48 km. 10.73 m between rows, pitch 14.60 m (latitude 48.7°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,117kWh/year
- Tilt
- 36°1° west of south
- 10 kW
- 11,165kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 14.60m · 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: Volchkuv
The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.7° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Чернівці, 48 km: snow 1,320 Pa, wind 500 Pa.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
July: 139 kWh/kWp, December: 32 — 4.3 times less.
January: 39 against 34 in the oblast, 14.7% more.
| kWp | A year | July | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,583 | 695 | 160 |
| 10 | 11,165 | 1,390 | 320 |
| 15 | 16,748 | 2,085 | 480 |
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
- Holihrady2 km1,126 kWh/kWp
- Monastyrok2 km1,087 kWh/kWp
- Lysychnyky3 km1,090 kWh/kWp
- Vyniatyntsi4 km1,114 kWh/kWp
- Novosilka4 km1,122 kWh/kWp
- Blyshchanka5 km1,122 kWh/kWp
All places: Chortkivskyi RaionTernopil 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.