Germany: solar plant site data
Solar power plant in Rostock, Germany: yield, tilt angle and row spacing
Rostock: 1,033 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 40°, 1° west of south (PVGIS). 1.1% below the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #113 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 7.3% less here.
Rostock is in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Population 198,293 (GeoNames). 18 m above sea level. 98 km away: Lübeck, the nearest bigger city, 998 kWh/kWp — 3.6% more here. 18.75 m between rows, pitch 22.41 m, GCR 0.21 (latitude 54.1°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,033kWh/year
- Tilt
- 40°1° west of south
- 10 kW
- 10,332kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 22.41m · GCR 0.21
- Rank in the country
- 113of 193 cities
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Rostock
Latitude 54.1°: 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: 136 kWh/kWp, December: 23 — 5.9 times less.
December: 23 against the median of 30 for the main cities of Germany, 23.3% less.
| kWp | A year | May | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,166 | 680 | 115 |
| 10 | 10,332 | 1,360 | 230 |
| 15 | 15,498 | 2,040 | 345 |
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.