Germany: solar plant site data

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

Dinslaken: 1,018 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 39°, 3° east of south (PVGIS). 2.5% below the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #141 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 8.6% less here.

Dinslaken is in North Rhine-Westphalia. Population 66,993 (GeoNames). 34 m above sea level. 12 km away: Oberhausen, the nearest bigger city, the same 1,018 kWh/kWp. 14.36 m between rows, pitch 18.08 m, GCR 0.26 (latitude 51.6°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,018kWh/year
Tilt
39°3° east of south
10 kW
10,181kWh/year
Row pitch
18.08m · GCR 0.26
Rank in the country
141of 193 cities

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Dinslaken

Latitude 51.6°: 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

35Jan53Feb90Mar116Apr125May123Jun122Jul113Aug96Sep72Oct42Nov30Dec

May: 125 kWh/kWp, December: 30 — 4.2 times less.

February: 53 against the median of 56 for the main cities of Germany, 5.4% less.

Dinslaken: plants, kWh
kWpA yearMayDecember
55,091625150
1010,1811,250300
1515,2721,875450

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.