Germany: solar plant site data

Solar power plant in Kempten (Allgäu), Germany: yield, tilt angle and row spacing

Kempten (Allgäu): 1,162 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 39°, 1° east of south (PVGIS). 11.2% above the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #2 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 4.3% more here.

Kempten (Allgäu) is in Bavaria. Population 61,399 (GeoNames). 681 m above sea level. 78 km away: Ulm, the nearest bigger city, 1,115 kWh/kWp — 4.2% more here. 10.73 m between rows, pitch 14.45 m, GCR 0.33 (latitude 47.7°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,162kWh/year
Tilt
39°1° east of south
10 kW
11,615kWh/year
Row pitch
14.45m · GCR 0.33
Rank in the country
2of 193 cities

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Kempten (Allgäu)

Latitude 47.7°: 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

56Jan77Feb105Mar120Apr118May125Jun129Jul122Aug109Sep91Oct59Nov50Dec

July: 129 kWh/kWp, December: 50 — 2.6 times less.

December: 50 against the median of 30 for the main cities of Germany, 66.7% more.

Kempten (Allgäu): plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,808645250
1011,6151,290500
1517,4231,935750

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.