Germany: solar plant site data

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

Meerbusch: 1,048 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 40°, 2° east of south (PVGIS). Exactly the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #92 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 5.9% less here.

Meerbusch is in North Rhine-Westphalia. Population 54,826 (GeoNames). 39 m above sea level. 6 km away: Neuss, the nearest bigger city, the same 1,047 kWh/kWp. 14.29 m between rows, pitch 17.95 m, GCR 0.27 (latitude 51.3°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,048kWh/year
Tilt
40°2° east of south
10 kW
10,484kWh/year
Row pitch
17.95m · GCR 0.27
Rank in the country
92of 193 cities

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Meerbusch

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.

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Yield by month

38Jan57Feb94Mar118Apr127May125Jun124Jul116Aug100Sep74Oct45Nov31Dec

May: 127 kWh/kWp, December: 31 — 4.1 times less.

January: 38 against the median of 35 for the main cities of Germany, 8.6% more.

Meerbusch: plants, kWh
kWpA yearMayDecember
55,242635155
1010,4841,270310
1515,7261,905465

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.