Germany: solar plant site data

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

Görlitz: 1,080 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 40°, 2° east of south (PVGIS). 3.4% above the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #50 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 3.1% less here.

Görlitz is in Saxony. Population 57,751 (GeoNames). 210 m above sea level. 81 km away: Cottbus, the nearest bigger city, 1,074 kWh/kWp — 0.5% more here. 14.17 m between rows, pitch 17.83 m, GCR 0.27 (latitude 51.2°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,080kWh/year
Tilt
40°2° east of south
10 kW
10,798kWh/year
Row pitch
17.83m · GCR 0.27
Rank in the country
50of 193 cities

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Görlitz

Latitude 51.2°: 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

36Jan60Feb93Mar121Apr129May127Jun129Jul121Aug103Sep80Oct47Nov36Dec

May: 129 kWh/kWp, January: 36 — 3.6 times less.

December: 36 against the median of 30 for the main cities of Germany, 20.0% more.

Görlitz: plants, kWh
kWpA yearMayJanuary
55,399645180
1010,7981,290360
1516,1971,935540

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.