Germany: solar plant site data

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

Minden: 1,015 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 39°, 3° east of south (PVGIS). 2.9% below the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #146 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 8.9% less here.

Minden is in North Rhine-Westphalia. Population 82,879 (GeoNames). 59 m above sea level. 39 km away: Bielefeld, the nearest bigger city, 988 kWh/kWp — 2.7% more here. 15.33 m between rows, pitch 19.05 m, GCR 0.25 (latitude 52.3°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,015kWh/year
Tilt
39°3° east of south
10 kW
10,148kWh/year
Row pitch
19.05m · GCR 0.25
Rank in the country
146of 193 cities

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Minden

Latitude 52.3°: 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

32Jan51Feb88Mar118Apr126May124Jun122Jul117Aug99Sep69Oct40Nov28Dec

May: 126 kWh/kWp, December: 28 — 4.5 times less.

February: 51 against the median of 56 for the main cities of Germany, 8.9% less.

Minden: plants, kWh
kWpA yearMayDecember
55,074630140
1010,1481,260280
1515,2221,890420

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.