Germany: solar plant site data

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

Jena: 1,056 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 39°, 2° east of south (PVGIS). 1.1% above the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #80 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 5.2% less here.

Jena is in Thuringia. Population 104,712 (GeoNames). 149 m above sea level. 39 km away: Erfurt, the nearest bigger city, 1,050 kWh/kWp — 0.6% more here. 13.61 m between rows, pitch 17.33 m, GCR 0.28 (latitude 50.9°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,056kWh/year
Tilt
39°2° east of south
10 kW
10,562kWh/year
Row pitch
17.33m · GCR 0.28
Rank in the country
80of 193 cities

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Jena

Latitude 50.9°: 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

40Jan58Feb94Mar117Apr126May124Jun125Jul115Aug100Sep74Oct46Nov36Dec

May: 126 kWh/kWp, December: 36 — 3.5 times less.

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

Jena: plants, kWh
kWpA yearMayDecember
55,281630180
1010,5621,260360
1515,8431,890540

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.