Germany: solar plant site data

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

Troisdorf: 1,022 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 39°, 2° east of south (PVGIS). 2.2% below the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #130 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 8.3% less here.

Troisdorf is in North Rhine-Westphalia. Population 74,749 (GeoNames). 55 m above sea level. 9 km away: Bonn, the nearest bigger city, 1,043 kWh/kWp — 2.0% less here. 13.48 m between rows, pitch 17.20 m, GCR 0.28 (latitude 50.8°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,022kWh/year
Tilt
39°2° east of south
10 kW
10,217kWh/year
Row pitch
17.20m · GCR 0.28
Rank in the country
130of 193 cities

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Troisdorf

Latitude 50.8°: 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.

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Yield by month

36Jan56Feb90Mar116Apr123May123Jun121Jul114Aug100Sep70Oct42Nov30Dec

May: 123 kWh/kWp, December: 30 — 4.1 times less.

October: 70 against the median of 73 for the main cities of Germany, 4.1% less.

Troisdorf: plants, kWh
kWpA yearMayDecember
55,109615150
1010,2171,230300
1515,3261,845450

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.