Germany: solar plant site data

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

Nuremberg: 1,071 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 38°, 4° east of south (PVGIS). 2.5% above the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #59 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 3.9% less here.

Nuremberg is in Bavaria. Population 515,543 (GeoNames). 300 m above sea level. 151 km away: Munich, the nearest bigger city, 1,141 kWh/kWp — 6.1% less here. 11.86 m between rows, pitch 15.63 m, GCR 0.31 (latitude 49.5°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,071kWh/year
Tilt
38°4° east of south
10 kW
10,708kWh/year
Row pitch
15.63m · GCR 0.31
Rank in the country
59of 193 cities

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Nuremberg

Latitude 49.5°: 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

39Jan61Feb94Mar119Apr125May126Jun128Jul119Aug105Sep77Oct44Nov34Dec

July: 128 kWh/kWp, December: 34 — 3.8 times less.

December: 34 against the median of 30 for the main cities of Germany, 13.3% more.

Nuremberg: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,354640170
1010,7081,280340
1516,0621,920510

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.