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.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
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.
| kWp | A year | July | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,504 | 655 | 170 |
| 10 | 11,008 | 1,310 | 340 |
| 15 | 16,512 | 1,965 | 510 |
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
Sources
- PVGIS © European Union, 2001–2026 — yield, tilt and azimuth, data as of 2026-10-10
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — coordinates, elevation, population and divisions (changed)
- Where to take snow and wind loads from: DIN EN 1991-1-3/NA, DIN EN 1991-1-4/NA
- How these numbers are computed
Preliminary calculation: a design needs an engineer’s check.