Germany: solar plant site data

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

Bamberg: 1,064 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 37°, 2° east of south (PVGIS). 1.8% above the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #67 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 4.5% less here.

Bamberg is in Bavaria. Population 70,047 (GeoNames). 243 m above sea level. 35 km away: Erlangen, the nearest bigger city, the same 1,068 kWh/kWp. 11.99 m between rows, pitch 15.81 m, GCR 0.30 (latitude 49.9°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,064kWh/year
Tilt
37°2° east of south
10 kW
10,635kWh/year
Row pitch
15.81m · GCR 0.30
Rank in the country
67of 193 cities

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Bamberg

Latitude 49.9°: 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

37Jan59Feb94Mar121Apr127May129Jun130Jul120Aug104Sep73Oct40Nov31Dec

July: 130 kWh/kWp, December: 31 — 4.2 times less.

November: 40 against the median of 43 for the main cities of Germany, 7.0% less.

Bamberg: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,318650155
1010,6351,300310
1515,9531,950465

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.