Germany: solar plant site data
Solar power plant in Leipzig, Germany: yield, tilt angle and row spacing
Leipzig: 1,081 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 40°, 3° east of south (PVGIS). 3.4% above the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #49 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 3.0% less here.
Leipzig is in Saxony. Population 504,971 (GeoNames). 116 m above sea level. 101 km away: Dresden, the nearest bigger city, 1,071 kWh/kWp — 0.9% more here. 14.40 m between rows, pitch 18.06 m, GCR 0.26 (latitude 51.3°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,081kWh/year
- Tilt
- 40°3° east of south
- 10 kW
- 10,806kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 18.06m · GCR 0.26
- Rank in the country
- 49of 193 cities
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Leipzig
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.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
May: 132 kWh/kWp, January: 36 — 3.7 times less.
December: 36 against the median of 30 for the main cities of Germany, 20.0% more.
| kWp | A year | May | January |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,403 | 660 | 180 |
| 10 | 10,806 | 1,320 | 360 |
| 15 | 16,209 | 1,980 | 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.