Germany: solar plant site data

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

Ingolstadt: 1,122 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 37°, 1° west of south (PVGIS). 7.4% above the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #20 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 0.7% more here.

Ingolstadt is in Bavaria. Population 120,658 (GeoNames). 379 m above sea level. 57 km away: Regensburg, the nearest bigger city, 1,112 kWh/kWp — 0.9% more here. 11.03 m between rows, pitch 14.85 m, GCR 0.32 (latitude 48.8°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,122kWh/year
Tilt
37°1° west of south
10 kW
11,221kWh/year
Row pitch
14.85m · GCR 0.32
Rank in the country
20of 193 cities

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Ingolstadt

Latitude 48.8°: 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

40Jan64Feb102Mar125Apr129May133Jun136Jul127Aug108Sep79Oct44Nov36Dec

July: 136 kWh/kWp, December: 36 — 3.8 times less.

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

Ingolstadt: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,611680180
1011,2211,360360
1516,8322,040540

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.