Germany: solar plant site data

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

Augsburg: 1,128 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 38°, 1° west of south (PVGIS). 8.0% above the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #15 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 1.3% more here.

Augsburg is in Bavaria. Population 301,105 (GeoNames). 489 m above sea level. 56 km away: Munich, the nearest bigger city, 1,141 kWh/kWp — 1.1% less here. 10.97 m between rows, pitch 14.74 m, GCR 0.32 (latitude 48.4°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,128kWh/year
Tilt
38°1° west of south
10 kW
11,280kWh/year
Row pitch
14.74m · GCR 0.32
Rank in the country
15of 193 cities

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Augsburg

Latitude 48.4°: 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

47Jan67Feb104Mar121Apr123May128Jun132Jul125Aug107Sep81Oct48Nov44Dec

July: 132 kWh/kWp, December: 44 — 3.0 times less.

December: 44 against the median of 30 for the main cities of Germany, 46.7% more.

Augsburg: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,640660220
1011,2801,320440
1516,9201,980660

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.