Germany: solar plant site data

Solar power plant in Fürth, Germany: yield, tilt angle and row spacing

Fürth: 1,094 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 38°, 3° east of south (PVGIS). 4.7% above the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #39 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 1.8% less here.

Fürth is in Bavaria. Population 132,036 (GeoNames). 302 m above sea level. 7 km away: Nuremberg, the nearest bigger city, 1,071 kWh/kWp — 2.1% more here. 11.88 m between rows, pitch 15.65 m, GCR 0.31 (latitude 49.5°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,094kWh/year
Tilt
38°3° east of south
10 kW
10,936kWh/year
Row pitch
15.65m · GCR 0.31
Rank in the country
39of 193 cities

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Fürth

Latitude 49.5°: 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.

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Yield by month

40Jan61Feb97Mar122Apr127May128Jun131Jul121Aug107Sep79Oct45Nov35Dec

July: 131 kWh/kWp, December: 35 — 3.7 times less.

December: 35 against the median of 30 for the main cities of Germany, 16.7% more.

Fürth: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,468655175
1010,9361,310350
1516,4041,965525

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.