Germany: solar plant site data

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

Ulm: 1,115 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 37°, 1° west of south (PVGIS). 6.8% above the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #26 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: the same 1,114 kWh/kWp.

Ulm is in Baden-Württemberg. Population 120,451 (GeoNames). 480 m above sea level. 67 km away: Augsburg, the nearest bigger city, 1,128 kWh/kWp — 1.1% less here. 10.75 m between rows, pitch 14.57 m, GCR 0.33 (latitude 48.4°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,115kWh/year
Tilt
37°1° west of south
10 kW
11,152kWh/year
Row pitch
14.57m · GCR 0.33
Rank in the country
26of 193 cities

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Ulm

Latitude 48.4°: 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

41Jan64Feb103Mar123Apr126May132Jun134Jul125Aug109Sep77Oct45Nov38Dec

July: 134 kWh/kWp, December: 38 — 3.5 times less.

December: 38 against the median of 30 for the main cities of Germany, 26.7% more.

Ulm: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,576670190
1011,1521,340380
1516,7282,010570

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.