Germany: solar plant site data

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

Nordhorn: 1,008 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 39°, 3° east of south (PVGIS). 3.5% below the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #162 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 9.6% less here.

Nordhorn is in Lower Saxony. Population 52,803 (GeoNames). 25 m above sea level. 30 km away: Rheine, the nearest bigger city, 1,016 kWh/kWp — 0.8% less here. 15.53 m between rows, pitch 19.25 m, GCR 0.25 (latitude 52.4°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,008kWh/year
Tilt
39°3° east of south
10 kW
10,076kWh/year
Row pitch
19.25m · GCR 0.25
Rank in the country
162of 193 cities

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Nordhorn

Latitude 52.4°: 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

31Jan51Feb90Mar118Apr125May123Jun123Jul115Aug97Sep68Oct39Nov27Dec

May: 125 kWh/kWp, December: 27 — 4.6 times less.

January: 31 against the median of 35 for the main cities of Germany, 11.4% less.

Nordhorn: plants, kWh
kWpA yearMayDecember
55,038625135
1010,0761,250270
1515,1141,875405

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.