Germany: solar plant site data
Solar power plant in Frankfurt (Oder), Germany: yield, tilt angle and row spacing
Frankfurt (Oder): 1,062 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 40°, 5° east of south (PVGIS). 1.6% above the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #72 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 4.7% less here.
Frankfurt (Oder) is in Brandenburg. Population 57,107 (GeoNames). 28 m above sea level. 67 km away: Cottbus, the nearest bigger city, 1,074 kWh/kWp — 1.2% less here. 15.74 m between rows, pitch 19.40 m, GCR 0.25 (latitude 52.3°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,062kWh/year
- Tilt
- 40°5° east of south
- 10 kW
- 10,615kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 19.40m · GCR 0.25
- Rank in the country
- 72of 193 cities
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Frankfurt (Oder)
Latitude 52.3°: 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: 130 kWh/kWp, December: 30 — 4.3 times less.
November: 40 against the median of 43 for the main cities of Germany, 7.0% less.
| kWp | A year | May | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,308 | 650 | 150 |
| 10 | 10,615 | 1,300 | 300 |
| 15 | 15,923 | 1,950 | 450 |
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.