Germany: solar plant site data

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

Kassel: 1,014 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 38°, 2° east of south (PVGIS). 2.9% below the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #150 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 9.0% less here.

Kassel is in Hesse. Population 197,230 (GeoNames). 164 m above sea level. 104 km away: Bielefeld, the nearest bigger city, 988 kWh/kWp — 2.6% more here. 13.76 m between rows, pitch 17.53 m, GCR 0.27 (latitude 51.3°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,014kWh/year
Tilt
38°2° east of south
10 kW
10,140kWh/year
Row pitch
17.53m · GCR 0.27
Rank in the country
150of 193 cities

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Kassel

Latitude 51.3°: 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

31Jan52Feb92Mar118Apr125May125Jun124Jul116Aug100Sep69Oct36Nov27Dec

May: 125 kWh/kWp, December: 27 — 4.6 times less.

November: 36 against the median of 43 for the main cities of Germany, 16.3% less.

Kassel: plants, kWh
kWpA yearMayDecember
55,070625135
1010,1401,250270
1515,2101,875405

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.