Germany: solar plant site data

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

Cuxhaven: 1,023 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 40°, 2° west of south (PVGIS). 2.0% below the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #128 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 8.2% less here.

Cuxhaven is in Lower Saxony. Population 52,677 (GeoNames). 3 m above sea level. 36 km away: Bremerhaven, the nearest bigger city, 999 kWh/kWp — 2.4% more here. 18.31 m between rows, pitch 21.97 m, GCR 0.22 (latitude 53.9°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,023kWh/year
Tilt
40°2° west of south
10 kW
10,232kWh/year
Row pitch
21.97m · GCR 0.22
Rank in the country
128of 193 cities

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Cuxhaven

Latitude 53.9°: 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

29Jan50Feb92Mar126Apr133May130Jun126Jul117Aug95Sep66Oct35Nov23Dec

May: 133 kWh/kWp, December: 23 — 5.8 times less.

December: 23 against the median of 30 for the main cities of Germany, 23.3% less.

Cuxhaven: plants, kWh
kWpA yearMayDecember
55,116665115
1010,2321,330230
1515,3481,995345

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.