Germany: solar plant site data

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

Sindelfingen: 1,124 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 39°, 4° east of south (PVGIS). 7.6% above the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #19 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 0.9% more here.

Sindelfingen is in Baden-Württemberg. Population 61,311 (GeoNames). 468 m above sea level. 15 km away: Stuttgart, the nearest bigger city, 1,132 kWh/kWp — 0.7% less here. 11.47 m between rows, pitch 15.19 m, GCR 0.31 (latitude 48.7°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,124kWh/year
Tilt
39°4° east of south
10 kW
11,241kWh/year
Row pitch
15.19m · GCR 0.31
Rank in the country
19of 193 cities

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Sindelfingen

Latitude 48.7°: 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

48Jan67Feb103Mar118Apr122May128Jun130Jul120Aug108Sep82Oct54Nov45Dec

July: 130 kWh/kWp, December: 45 — 2.9 times less.

December: 45 against the median of 30 for the main cities of Germany, 50.0% more.

Sindelfingen: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,621650225
1011,2411,300450
1516,8621,950675

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.