Germany: solar plant site data

Solar power plant in Esslingen am Neckar, Germany: yield, tilt angle and row spacing

Esslingen am Neckar: 1,131 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 39°, 1° east of south (PVGIS). 8.3% above the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #12 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 1.5% more here.

Esslingen am Neckar is in Baden-Württemberg. Population 92,390 (GeoNames). 241 m above sea level. 10 km away: Stuttgart, the nearest bigger city, the same 1,132 kWh/kWp. 11.51 m between rows, pitch 15.23 m, GCR 0.31 (latitude 48.7°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,131kWh/year
Tilt
39°1° east of south
10 kW
11,312kWh/year
Row pitch
15.23m · GCR 0.31
Rank in the country
12of 193 cities

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Esslingen am Neckar

Latitude 48.7°: 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

46Jan66Feb103Mar120Apr123May130Jun132Jul123Aug109Sep82Oct53Nov44Dec

July: 132 kWh/kWp, December: 44 — 3.0 times less.

December: 44 against the median of 30 for the main cities of Germany, 46.7% more.

Esslingen am Neckar: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,656660220
1011,3121,320440
1516,9681,980660

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.