Germany: solar plant site data

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

Gera: 1,068 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 39°, 2° east of south (PVGIS). 2.3% above the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #63 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 4.1% less here.

Gera is in Thuringia. Population 104,659 (GeoNames). 203 m above sea level. 35 km away: Jena, the nearest bigger city, 1,056 kWh/kWp — 1.1% more here. 13.55 m between rows, pitch 17.27 m, GCR 0.28 (latitude 50.9°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,068kWh/year
Tilt
39°2° east of south
10 kW
10,682kWh/year
Row pitch
17.27m · GCR 0.28
Rank in the country
63of 193 cities

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Gera

Latitude 50.9°: 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

37Jan56Feb93Mar119Apr129May126Jun128Jul118Aug102Sep77Oct47Nov37Dec

May: 129 kWh/kWp, January: 37 — 3.5 times less.

December: 37 against the median of 30 for the main cities of Germany, 23.3% more.

Gera: plants, kWh
kWpA yearMayJanuary
55,341645185
1010,6821,290370
1516,0231,935555

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.