Germany: solar plant site data

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

Rheine: 1,016 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 39°, 3° east of south (PVGIS). 2.8% below the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #144 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 8.8% less here.

Rheine is in North Rhine-Westphalia. Population 76,491 (GeoNames). 41 m above sea level. 38 km away: Münster, the nearest bigger city, 1,025 kWh/kWp — 0.9% less here. 15.32 m between rows, pitch 19.04 m, GCR 0.25 (latitude 52.3°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,016kWh/year
Tilt
39°3° east of south
10 kW
10,156kWh/year
Row pitch
19.04m · GCR 0.25
Rank in the country
144of 193 cities

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Rheine

Latitude 52.3°: 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

32Jan52Feb90Mar118Apr125May124Jun123Jul115Aug97Sep70Oct40Nov27Dec

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

December: 27 against the median of 30 for the main cities of Germany, 10.0% less.

Rheine: plants, kWh
kWpA yearMayDecember
55,078625135
1010,1561,250270
1515,2341,875405

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.