Germany: solar plant site data
Solar power plant in Dresden, Germany: yield, tilt angle and row spacing
Dresden: 1,071 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 40°, 3° east of south (PVGIS). 2.5% above the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #60 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 3.9% less here.
Dresden is in Saxony. Population 564,904 (GeoNames). 116 m above sea level. 165 km away: Berlin, the nearest bigger city, 1,053 kWh/kWp — 1.7% more here. 14.05 m between rows, pitch 17.71 m, GCR 0.27 (latitude 51.1°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,071kWh/year
- Tilt
- 40°3° east of south
- 10 kW
- 10,705kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 17.71m · GCR 0.27
- Rank in the country
- 60of 193 cities
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Dresden
Latitude 51.1°: 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
July: 128 kWh/kWp, January: 38 — 3.4 times less.
December: 38 against the median of 30 for the main cities of Germany, 26.7% more.
| kWp | A year | July | January |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,353 | 640 | 190 |
| 10 | 10,705 | 1,280 | 380 |
| 15 | 16,058 | 1,920 | 570 |
Fixed tilt facing south
What a table yields at another tilt than the optimal 40° — for roofs and frames with a standard slope.
| Tilt | A year | Against the optimum |
|---|---|---|
| 40° (optimum) | 1,071 | — |
| 15° | 996 | −6.9% |
| 30° | 1,059 | −1.1% |
| 45° | 1,067 | −0.3% |
| 90° | 771 | −27.9% |
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.