Germany: solar plant site data

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

Passau: 1,101 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 37°, 2° west of south (PVGIS). 5.4% above the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #35 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 1.2% less here.

Passau is in Bavaria. Population 50,560 (GeoNames). 366 m above sea level. 94 km away: Landshut, the nearest bigger city, 1,121 kWh/kWp — 1.8% less here. 10.87 m between rows, pitch 14.69 m, GCR 0.33 (latitude 48.6°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,101kWh/year
Tilt
37°2° west of south
10 kW
11,008kWh/year
Row pitch
14.69m · GCR 0.33
Rank in the country
35of 193 cities

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Passau

Latitude 48.6°: 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

42Jan68Feb101Mar121Apr123May128Jun131Jul122Aug105Sep81Oct45Nov34Dec

July: 131 kWh/kWp, December: 34 — 3.9 times less.

February: 68 against the median of 56 for the main cities of Germany, 21.4% more.

Passau: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,504655170
1011,0081,310340
1516,5121,965510

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.