Germany: solar plant site data

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

Leverkusen: 1,020 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 39°, 3° east of south (PVGIS). 2.3% below the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #134 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 8.4% less here.

Leverkusen is in North Rhine-Westphalia. Population 162,738 (GeoNames). 52 m above sea level. 11 km away: Cologne, the nearest bigger city, 1,045 kWh/kWp — 2.3% less here. 13.72 m between rows, pitch 17.44 m, GCR 0.27 (latitude 51.0°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,020kWh/year
Tilt
39°3° east of south
10 kW
10,201kWh/year
Row pitch
17.44m · GCR 0.27
Rank in the country
134of 193 cities

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Leverkusen

Latitude 51.0°: 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.

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Yield by month

37Jan56Feb91Mar116Apr124May122Jun120Jul112Aug98Sep71Oct43Nov31Dec

May: 124 kWh/kWp, December: 31 — 4.0 times less.

January: 37 against the median of 35 for the main cities of Germany, 5.7% more.

Leverkusen: plants, kWh
kWpA yearMayDecember
55,101620155
1010,2011,240310
1515,3021,860465

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.