Germany: solar plant site data
Solar power plant in Friedrichshafen, Germany: yield, tilt angle and row spacing
Friedrichshafen: 1,176 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 38°, 4° west of south (PVGIS). 12.5% above the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #1 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 5.5% more here.
Friedrichshafen is in Baden-Württemberg. Population 58,403 (GeoNames). 405 m above sea level. 22 km away: Konstanz, the nearest bigger city, 1,137 kWh/kWp — 3.4% more here. 10.45 m between rows, pitch 14.22 m, GCR 0.34 (latitude 47.7°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,176kWh/year
- Tilt
- 38°4° west of south
- 10 kW
- 11,755kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 14.22m · GCR 0.34
- Rank in the country
- 1of 193 cities
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Friedrichshafen
Latitude 47.7°: 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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- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
July: 137 kWh/kWp, December: 41 — 3.3 times less.
January: 51 against the median of 35 for the main cities of Germany, 45.7% more.
| kWp | A year | July | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,878 | 685 | 205 |
| 10 | 11,755 | 1,370 | 410 |
| 15 | 17,633 | 2,055 | 615 |
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.