Germany: solar plant site data

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

Neuwied: 1,055 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 38°, 1° east of south (PVGIS). 1.0% above the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #85 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 5.3% less here.

Neuwied is in Rhineland-Palatinate. Population 66,805 (GeoNames). 67 m above sea level. 12 km away: Koblenz, the nearest bigger city, 1,036 kWh/kWp — 1.9% more here. 12.79 m between rows, pitch 16.56 m, GCR 0.29 (latitude 50.4°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,055kWh/year
Tilt
38°1° east of south
10 kW
10,548kWh/year
Row pitch
16.56m · GCR 0.29
Rank in the country
85of 193 cities

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Neuwied

Latitude 50.4°: 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

35Jan58Feb96Mar123Apr127May127Jun127Jul119Aug103Sep70Oct39Nov29Dec

May: 127 kWh/kWp, December: 29 — 4.4 times less.

November: 39 against the median of 43 for the main cities of Germany, 9.3% less.

Neuwied: plants, kWh
kWpA yearMayDecember
55,274635145
1010,5481,270290
1515,8221,905435

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.