Germany: solar plant site data

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

Kaiserslautern: 1,063 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 37°, 2° east of south (PVGIS). 1.8% above the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #69 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 4.6% less here.

Kaiserslautern is in Rhineland-Palatinate. Population 98,732 (GeoNames). 240 m above sea level. 49 km away: Ludwigshafen am Rhein, the nearest bigger city, 1,107 kWh/kWp — 3.9% less here. 11.59 m between rows, pitch 15.41 m, GCR 0.31 (latitude 49.4°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,063kWh/year
Tilt
37°2° east of south
10 kW
10,631kWh/year
Row pitch
15.41m · GCR 0.31
Rank in the country
69of 193 cities

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Kaiserslautern

Latitude 49.4°: 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

38Jan58Feb95Mar119Apr124May128Jun130Jul119Aug104Sep74Oct41Nov33Dec

July: 130 kWh/kWp, December: 33 — 3.9 times less.

December: 33 against the median of 30 for the main cities of Germany, 10.0% more.

Kaiserslautern: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,316650165
1010,6311,300330
1515,9461,950495

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.