Germany: solar plant site data

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

Erlangen: 1,068 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 38°, 3° east of south (PVGIS). 2.3% above the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #62 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 4.1% less here.

Erlangen is in Bavaria. Population 102,675 (GeoNames). 290 m above sea level. 13 km away: Fürth, the nearest bigger city, 1,094 kWh/kWp — 2.3% less here. 11.98 m between rows, pitch 15.75 m, GCR 0.30 (latitude 49.6°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,068kWh/year
Tilt
38°3° east of south
10 kW
10,683kWh/year
Row pitch
15.75m · GCR 0.30
Rank in the country
62of 193 cities

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Erlangen

Latitude 49.6°: 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

38Jan60Feb94Mar120Apr125May126Jun129Jul120Aug105Sep76Oct43Nov32Dec

July: 129 kWh/kWp, December: 32 — 4.0 times less.

January: 38 against the median of 35 for the main cities of Germany, 8.6% more.

Erlangen: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,342645160
1010,6831,290320
1516,0251,935480

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.