Germany: solar plant site data
Solar power plant in Karlsruhe, Germany: yield, tilt angle and row spacing
Karlsruhe: 1,135 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 38°, facing south (PVGIS). 8.7% above the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #9 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 1.9% more here.
Karlsruhe is in Baden-Württemberg. Population 283,799 (GeoNames). 118 m above sea level. 54 km away: Mannheim, the nearest bigger city, 1,108 kWh/kWp — 2.5% more here. 11.48 m between rows, pitch 15.25 m, GCR 0.31 (latitude 49.0°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,135kWh/year
- Tilt
- 38°facing south
- 10 kW
- 11,352kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 15.25m · GCR 0.31
- Rank in the country
- 9of 193 cities
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Karlsruhe
Latitude 49.0°: 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.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
July: 135 kWh/kWp, December: 36 — 3.8 times less.
January: 43 against the median of 35 for the main cities of Germany, 22.9% more.
| kWp | A year | July | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,676 | 675 | 180 |
| 10 | 11,352 | 1,350 | 360 |
| 15 | 17,028 | 2,025 | 540 |
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
Sources
- PVGIS © European Union, 2001–2026 — yield, tilt and azimuth, data as of 2026-10-10
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — coordinates, elevation, population and divisions (changed)
- Where to take snow and wind loads from: DIN EN 1991-1-3/NA, DIN EN 1991-1-4/NA
- How these numbers are computed
Preliminary calculation: a design needs an engineer’s check.