Germany: solar plant site data
Solar power plant in Bad Homburg, Germany: yield, tilt angle and row spacing
Bad Homburg: 1,099 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 38°, 2° east of south (PVGIS). 5.2% above the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #36 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 1.3% less here.
Bad Homburg is in Hesse. Population 51,859 (GeoNames). 186 m above sea level. 13 km away: Frankfurt am Main, the nearest bigger city, 1,082 kWh/kWp — 1.6% more here. 12.58 m between rows, pitch 16.35 m, GCR 0.29 (latitude 50.2°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,099kWh/year
- Tilt
- 38°2° east of south
- 10 kW
- 10,991kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 16.35m · GCR 0.29
- Rank in the country
- 36of 193 cities
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Bad Homburg
Latitude 50.2°: 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.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
June: 133 kWh/kWp, December: 31 — 4.3 times less.
March: 100 against the median of 92 for the main cities of Germany, 8.7% more.
| kWp | A year | June | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,496 | 665 | 155 |
| 10 | 10,991 | 1,330 | 310 |
| 15 | 16,487 | 1,995 | 465 |
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
Sources
- PVGIS © European Union, 2001–2026 — yield, tilt and azimuth, data as of 2026-10-10
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — coordinates, elevation, population and divisions (changed)
- Where to take snow and wind loads from: DIN EN 1991-1-3/NA, DIN EN 1991-1-4/NA
- How these numbers are computed
Preliminary calculation: a design needs an engineer’s check.