Germany: solar plant site data
Solar power plant in Garbsen, Germany: yield, tilt angle and row spacing
Garbsen: 1,020 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 40°, 3° east of south (PVGIS). 2.4% below the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #135 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 8.4% less here.
Garbsen is in Lower Saxony. Population 63,355 (GeoNames). 49 m above sea level. 10 km away: Hanover, the nearest bigger city, 1,013 kWh/kWp — 0.7% more here. 15.85 m between rows, pitch 19.51 m, GCR 0.25 (latitude 52.4°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,020kWh/year
- Tilt
- 40°3° east of south
- 10 kW
- 10,200kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 19.51m · GCR 0.25
- Rank in the country
- 135of 193 cities
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Garbsen
Latitude 52.4°: 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: 127 kWh/kWp, December: 29 — 4.4 times less.
November: 39 against the median of 43 for the main cities of Germany, 9.3% less.
| kWp | A year | May | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,100 | 635 | 145 |
| 10 | 10,200 | 1,270 | 290 |
| 15 | 15,300 | 1,905 | 435 |
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.