Germany: solar plant site data

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

Herford: 1,011 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 39°, 1° east of south (PVGIS). 3.2% below the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #158 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 9.3% less here.

Herford is in North Rhine-Westphalia. Population 64,879 (GeoNames). 69 m above sea level. 13 km away: Bielefeld, the nearest bigger city, 988 kWh/kWp — 2.3% more here. 15.08 m between rows, pitch 18.80 m, GCR 0.25 (latitude 52.1°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,011kWh/year
Tilt
39°1° east of south
10 kW
10,107kWh/year
Row pitch
18.80m · GCR 0.25
Rank in the country
158of 193 cities

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Herford

Latitude 52.1°: 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

30Jan52Feb89Mar118Apr126May124Jun122Jul116Aug99Sep70Oct40Nov26Dec

May: 126 kWh/kWp, December: 26 — 4.8 times less.

January: 30 against the median of 35 for the main cities of Germany, 14.3% less.

Herford: plants, kWh
kWpA yearMayDecember
55,054630130
1010,1071,260260
1515,1611,890390

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.