Germany: solar plant site data

Solar power plant in Neu-Ulm, Germany: yield, tilt angle and row spacing

Neu-Ulm: 1,127 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 37°, 2° west of south (PVGIS). 7.9% above the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #16 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 1.2% more here.

Neu-Ulm is in Bavaria. Population 51,389 (GeoNames). 474 m above sea level. 2 km away: Ulm, the nearest bigger city, 1,115 kWh/kWp — 1.1% more here. 10.74 m between rows, pitch 14.56 m, GCR 0.33 (latitude 48.4°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,127kWh/year
Tilt
37°2° west of south
10 kW
11,271kWh/year
Row pitch
14.56m · GCR 0.33
Rank in the country
16of 193 cities

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Neu-Ulm

Latitude 48.4°: 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

42Jan65Feb105Mar124Apr127May132Jun135Jul126Aug110Sep78Oct45Nov38Dec

July: 135 kWh/kWp, December: 38 — 3.6 times less.

December: 38 against the median of 30 for the main cities of Germany, 26.7% more.

Neu-Ulm: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,636675190
1011,2711,350380
1516,9072,025570

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.