Germany: solar plant site data

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

Göppingen: 1,129 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 38°, 3° east of south (PVGIS). 8.1% above the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #14 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 1.3% more here.

Göppingen is in Baden-Württemberg. Population 58,040 (GeoNames). 323 m above sea level. 15 km away: Schwäbisch Gmünd, the nearest bigger city, 1,103 kWh/kWp — 2.3% more here. 11.23 m between rows, pitch 15.00 m, GCR 0.32 (latitude 48.7°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,129kWh/year
Tilt
38°3° east of south
10 kW
11,289kWh/year
Row pitch
15.00m · GCR 0.32
Rank in the country
14of 193 cities

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Göppingen

Latitude 48.7°: 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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Yield by month

42Jan65Feb101Mar120Apr124May130Jun133Jul124Aug110Sep82Oct54Nov43Dec

July: 133 kWh/kWp, January: 42 — 3.2 times less.

December: 43 against the median of 30 for the main cities of Germany, 43.3% more.

Göppingen: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyJanuary
55,645665210
1011,2891,330420
1516,9341,995630

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.