Germany: solar plant site data
Solar power plant in Trier, Germany: yield, tilt angle and row spacing
Trier: 1,058 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 36°, 1° west of south (PVGIS). 1.3% above the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #75 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 5.0% less here.
Trier is in Rhineland-Palatinate. Population 100,129 (GeoNames). 141 m above sea level. 64 km away: Saarbrücken, the nearest bigger city, 1,081 kWh/kWp — 2.1% less here. 11.58 m between rows, pitch 15.45 m, GCR 0.31 (latitude 49.8°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,058kWh/year
- Tilt
- 36°1° west of south
- 10 kW
- 10,583kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 15.45m · GCR 0.31
- Rank in the country
- 75of 193 cities
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Trier
Latitude 49.8°: 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.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
July: 131 kWh/kWp, December: 29 — 4.5 times less.
November: 38 against the median of 43 for the main cities of Germany, 11.6% less.
| kWp | A year | July | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,292 | 655 | 145 |
| 10 | 10,583 | 1,310 | 290 |
| 15 | 15,875 | 1,965 | 435 |
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.