Germany: solar plant site data
Solar power plant in Magdeburg, Germany: yield, tilt angle and row spacing
Magdeburg: 1,069 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 40°, 2° east of south (PVGIS). 2.4% above the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #61 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 4.0% less here.
Magdeburg is in Saxony-Anhalt. Population 244,329 (GeoNames). 47 m above sea level. 77 km away: Braunschweig, the nearest bigger city, 1,033 kWh/kWp — 3.6% more here. 15.44 m between rows, pitch 19.10 m, GCR 0.25 (latitude 52.1°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,069kWh/year
- Tilt
- 40°2° east of south
- 10 kW
- 10,694kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 19.10m · GCR 0.25
- Rank in the country
- 61of 193 cities
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Magdeburg
Latitude 52.1°: 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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- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
May: 131 kWh/kWp, December: 32 — 4.1 times less.
December: 32 against the median of 30 for the main cities of Germany, 6.7% more.
| kWp | A year | May | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,347 | 655 | 160 |
| 10 | 10,694 | 1,310 | 320 |
| 15 | 16,041 | 1,965 | 480 |
Fixed tilt facing south
What a table yields at another tilt than the optimal 40° — for roofs and frames with a standard slope.
| Tilt | A year | Against the optimum |
|---|---|---|
| 40° (optimum) | 1,069 | — |
| 15° | 996 | −6.9% |
| 30° | 1,058 | −1.1% |
| 45° | 1,066 | −0.3% |
| 90° | 770 | −28.0% |
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.