Germany: solar plant site data

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

Hildesheim: 1,033 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 39°, 1° east of south (PVGIS). 1.2% below the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #115 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 7.3% less here.

Hildesheim is in Lower Saxony. Population 103,052 (GeoNames). 93 m above sea level. 29 km away: Hanover, the nearest bigger city, 1,013 kWh/kWp — 1.9% more here. 15.13 m between rows, pitch 18.85 m, GCR 0.25 (latitude 52.2°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,033kWh/year
Tilt
39°1° east of south
10 kW
10,325kWh/year
Row pitch
18.85m · GCR 0.25
Rank in the country
115of 193 cities

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Hildesheim

Latitude 52.2°: 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

33Jan53Feb89Mar119Apr127May127Jun126Jul117Aug100Sep72Oct40Nov29Dec

May: 127 kWh/kWp, December: 29 — 4.4 times less.

November: 40 against the median of 43 for the main cities of Germany, 7.0% less.

Hildesheim: plants, kWh
kWpA yearMayDecember
55,163635145
1010,3251,270290
1515,4881,905435

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.