Germany: solar plant site data

Solar power plant in Rüsselsheim am Main, Germany: yield, tilt angle and row spacing

Rüsselsheim am Main: 1,096 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 38°, 2° east of south (PVGIS). 4.9% above the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #37 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 1.6% less here.

Rüsselsheim am Main is in Hesse. Population 59,730 (GeoNames). 89 m above sea level. 10 km away: Mainz, the nearest bigger city, 1,109 kWh/kWp — 1.2% less here. 12.35 m between rows, pitch 16.12 m, GCR 0.30 (latitude 50.0°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,096kWh/year
Tilt
38°2° east of south
10 kW
10,958kWh/year
Row pitch
16.12m · GCR 0.30
Rank in the country
37of 193 cities

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Rüsselsheim am Main

Latitude 50.0°: 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

37Jan60Feb101Mar126Apr132May132Jun132Jul123Aug109Sep74Oct41Nov30Dec

May: 132 kWh/kWp, December: 30 — 4.4 times less.

March: 101 against the median of 92 for the main cities of Germany, 9.8% more.

Rüsselsheim am Main: plants, kWh
kWpA yearMayDecember
55,479660150
1010,9581,320300
1516,4371,980450

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

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Sources

Preliminary calculation: a design needs an engineer’s check.