Germany: solar plant site data
Solar power plant in Essen, Germany: yield, tilt angle and row spacing
Essen: 1,024 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 39°, 3° east of south (PVGIS). 2.0% below the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #126 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 8.1% less here.
Essen is in North Rhine-Westphalia. Population 593,085 (GeoNames). 83 m above sea level. 31 km away: Düsseldorf, the nearest bigger city, 1,034 kWh/kWp — 1.0% less here. 14.23 m between rows, pitch 17.95 m, GCR 0.27 (latitude 51.5°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,024kWh/year
- Tilt
- 39°3° east of south
- 10 kW
- 10,237kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 17.95m · GCR 0.27
- Rank in the country
- 126of 193 cities
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Essen
Latitude 51.5°: 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
May: 124 kWh/kWp, December: 31 — 4.0 times less.
February: 54 against the median of 56 for the main cities of Germany, 3.6% less.
| kWp | A year | May | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,119 | 620 | 155 |
| 10 | 10,237 | 1,240 | 310 |
| 15 | 15,356 | 1,860 | 465 |
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.