Germany: solar plant site data
Solar power plant in Potsdam, Germany: yield, tilt angle and row spacing
Potsdam: 1,041 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 40°, facing south (PVGIS). Exactly the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #100 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 6.5% less here.
Potsdam is in Brandenburg. Population 184,754 (GeoNames). 34 m above sea level. 27 km away: Berlin, the nearest bigger city, 1,053 kWh/kWp — 1.1% less here. 15.82 m between rows, pitch 19.48 m, GCR 0.25 (latitude 52.4°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,041kWh/year
- Tilt
- 40°facing south
- 10 kW
- 10,413kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 19.48m · GCR 0.25
- Rank in the country
- 100of 193 cities
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Potsdam
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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- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
May: 128 kWh/kWp, December: 28 — 4.6 times less.
November: 39 against the median of 43 for the main cities of Germany, 9.3% less.
| kWp | A year | May | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,207 | 640 | 140 |
| 10 | 10,413 | 1,280 | 280 |
| 15 | 15,620 | 1,920 | 420 |
Fixed tilt facing south
What a table yields at another tilt than the optimal 40° — for roofs and frames with a standard slope.
| Tilt | A year | Against the optimum |
|---|---|---|
| 40° (optimum) | 1,041 | — |
| 15° | 971 | −6.7% |
| 30° | 1,031 | −1.0% |
| 45° | 1,038 | −0.3% |
| 90° | 748 | −28.1% |
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.