Germany: solar plant site data

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

Emden: 1,024 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 40°, 1° east of south (PVGIS). 2.0% below the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #125 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 8.1% less here.

Emden is in Lower Saxony. Population 51,526 (GeoNames). 2 m above sea level. 63 km away: Wilhelmshaven, the nearest bigger city, 976 kWh/kWp — 4.9% more here. 17.38 m between rows, pitch 21.04 m, GCR 0.23 (latitude 53.4°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,024kWh/year
Tilt
40°1° east of south
10 kW
10,241kWh/year
Row pitch
21.04m · GCR 0.23
Rank in the country
125of 193 cities

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Emden

Latitude 53.4°: 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

30Jan50Feb93Mar123Apr131May127Jun125Jul116Aug97Sep68Oct37Nov26Dec

May: 131 kWh/kWp, December: 26 — 5.0 times less.

January: 30 against the median of 35 for the main cities of Germany, 14.3% less.

Emden: plants, kWh
kWpA yearMayDecember
55,121655130
1010,2411,310260
1515,3611,965390

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.