Germany: solar plant site data
Solar power plant in Frankfurt am Main, Germany: yield, tilt angle and row spacing
Frankfurt am Main: 1,082 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 38°, 3° east of south (PVGIS). 3.6% above the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #47 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 2.9% less here.
Frankfurt am Main is in Hesse. Population 650,000 (GeoNames). 113 m above sea level. 153 km away: Cologne, the nearest bigger city, 1,045 kWh/kWp — 3.6% more here. 12.47 m between rows, pitch 16.24 m, GCR 0.29 (latitude 50.1°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,082kWh/year
- Tilt
- 38°3° east of south
- 10 kW
- 10,820kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 16.24m · GCR 0.29
- Rank in the country
- 47of 193 cities
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Frankfurt am Main
Latitude 50.1°: 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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- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
July: 131 kWh/kWp, December: 32 — 4.1 times less.
January: 39 against the median of 35 for the main cities of Germany, 11.4% more.
| kWp | A year | July | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,410 | 655 | 160 |
| 10 | 10,820 | 1,310 | 320 |
| 15 | 16,230 | 1,965 | 480 |
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.