Germany: solar plant site data

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

Marburg: 1,037 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 37°, 3° east of south (PVGIS). 0.7% below the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #107 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 6.9% less here.

Marburg is in Hesse. Population 78,895 (GeoNames). 220 m above sea level. 26 km away: Giessen, the nearest bigger city, 1,060 kWh/kWp — 2.1% less here. 12.89 m between rows, pitch 16.71 m, GCR 0.29 (latitude 50.8°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,037kWh/year
Tilt
37°3° east of south
10 kW
10,372kWh/year
Row pitch
16.71m · GCR 0.29
Rank in the country
107of 193 cities

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Marburg

Latitude 50.8°: 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

34Jan54Feb93Mar121Apr127May129Jun128Jul119Aug101Sep68Oct35Nov28Dec

June: 129 kWh/kWp, December: 28 — 4.6 times less.

November: 35 against the median of 43 for the main cities of Germany, 18.6% less.

Marburg: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJuneDecember
55,186645140
1010,3721,290280
1515,5581,935420

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.