Germany: solar plant site data

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

Ibbenbueren: 998 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 39°, 2° east of south (PVGIS). 4.4% below the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #173 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 10.4% less here.

Ibbenbueren is in North Rhine-Westphalia. Population 50,577 (GeoNames). 78 m above sea level. 19 km away: Rheine, the nearest bigger city, 1,016 kWh/kWp — 1.7% less here. 15.31 m between rows, pitch 19.03 m, GCR 0.25 (latitude 52.3°).

Yield of 1 kWp
998kWh/year
Tilt
39°2° east of south
10 kW
9,982kWh/year
Row pitch
19.03m · GCR 0.25
Rank in the country
173of 193 cities

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Ibbenbueren

Latitude 52.3°: 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

30Jan50Feb88Mar118Apr125May123Jun121Jul114Aug97Sep68Oct38Nov25Dec

May: 125 kWh/kWp, December: 25 — 5.0 times less.

December: 25 against the median of 30 for the main cities of Germany, 16.7% less.

Ibbenbueren: plants, kWh
kWpA yearMayDecember
54,991625125
109,9821,250250
1514,9731,875375

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

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Sources

Preliminary calculation: a design needs an engineer’s check.