Germany: solar plant site data

Solar power plant in Aalen, Germany: yield, tilt angle and row spacing

Aalen: 1,092 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 37°, facing south (PVGIS). 4.5% above the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #41 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 2.0% less here.

Aalen is in Baden-Württemberg. Population 67,085 (GeoNames). 433 m above sea level. 49 km away: Ulm, the nearest bigger city, 1,115 kWh/kWp — 2.1% less here. 11.08 m between rows, pitch 14.90 m, GCR 0.32 (latitude 48.8°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,092kWh/year
Tilt
37°facing south
10 kW
10,920kWh/year
Row pitch
14.90m · GCR 0.32
Rank in the country
41of 193 cities

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Aalen

Latitude 48.8°: the tilt and the row pitch follow it. Enter the snow and wind for Germany in the designer, by the national annex to the Eurocode.

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Yield by month

41Jan64Feb98Mar117Apr123May128Jun132Jul122Aug105Sep77Oct47Nov38Dec

July: 132 kWh/kWp, December: 38 — 3.5 times less.

December: 38 against the median of 30 for the main cities of Germany, 26.7% more.

Aalen: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,460660190
1010,9201,320380
1516,3801,980570

Snow and wind loads

Snow and wind loads for a site in Germany follow DIN EN 1991-1-3/NA (snow load zone, Schneelastzone) and DIN EN 1991-1-4/NA (wind zone, Windzone). Solispec computes loads by the Ukrainian DBN V.1.2-2 only, so this page shows no snow or wind values for Germany: enter the characteristic values from these documents in the designer’s «Own snow S0» and «Own wind W0» fields.

The frame calculation for such a site is preliminary: before installation it must be checked by an engineer who works to the country’s standards.

Nearby cities

Germany: all cities and regions

Sources

Preliminary calculation: a design needs an engineer’s check.