Germany: solar plant site data
Solar power plant in Lingen, Germany: yield, tilt angle and row spacing
Lingen: 989 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 39°, 4° east of south (PVGIS). 5.4% below the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #181 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 11.2% less here.
Lingen is in Lower Saxony. Population 51,310 (GeoNames). 26 m above sea level. 20 km away: Nordhorn, the nearest bigger city, 1,008 kWh/kWp — 1.9% less here. 15.66 m between rows, pitch 19.38 m, GCR 0.25 (latitude 52.5°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 989kWh/year
- Tilt
- 39°4° east of south
- 10 kW
- 9,887kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 19.38m · GCR 0.25
- Rank in the country
- 181of 193 cities
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Lingen
Latitude 52.5°: 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: 123 kWh/kWp, December: 26 — 4.7 times less.
December: 26 against the median of 30 for the main cities of Germany, 13.3% less.
| kWp | A year | May | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 4,944 | 615 | 130 |
| 10 | 9,887 | 1,230 | 260 |
| 15 | 14,831 | 1,845 | 390 |
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.