Germany: solar plant site data

Solar power plant in Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany: yield, tilt angle and row spacing

Brandenburg an der Havel: 1,056 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 40°, 5° east of south (PVGIS). 1.1% above the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #83 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 5.2% less here.

Brandenburg an der Havel is in Brandenburg. Population 59,826 (GeoNames). 57 m above sea level. 35 km away: Potsdam, the nearest bigger city, 1,041 kWh/kWp — 1.4% more here. 15.85 m between rows, pitch 19.51 m, GCR 0.25 (latitude 52.4°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,056kWh/year
Tilt
40°5° east of south
10 kW
10,559kWh/year
Row pitch
19.51m · GCR 0.25
Rank in the country
83of 193 cities

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Brandenburg an der Havel

Latitude 52.4°: 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

33Jan55Feb91Mar122Apr130May130Jun128Jul122Aug105Sep72Oct41Nov26Dec

May: 130 kWh/kWp, December: 26 — 5.0 times less.

December: 26 against the median of 30 for the main cities of Germany, 13.3% less.

Brandenburg an der Havel: plants, kWh
kWpA yearMayDecember
55,280650130
1010,5591,300260
1515,8391,950390

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.