Germany: solar plant site data

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

Eschweiler: 1,071 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 40°, 4° east of south (PVGIS). 2.6% above the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #57 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 3.8% less here.

Eschweiler is in North Rhine-Westphalia. Population 55,778 (GeoNames). 142 m above sea level. 6 km away: Stolberg (Rhld.), the nearest bigger city, 1,028 kWh/kWp — 4.2% more here. 13.78 m between rows, pitch 17.44 m, GCR 0.27 (latitude 50.8°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,071kWh/year
Tilt
40°4° east of south
10 kW
10,714kWh/year
Row pitch
17.44m · GCR 0.27
Rank in the country
57of 193 cities

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Eschweiler

Latitude 50.8°: 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

42Jan60Feb94Mar118Apr125May124Jun126Jul115Aug103Sep77Oct50Nov36Dec

July: 126 kWh/kWp, December: 36 — 3.5 times less.

January: 42 against the median of 35 for the main cities of Germany, 20.0% more.

Eschweiler: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,357630180
1010,7141,260360
1516,0711,890540

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.