Germany: solar plant site data

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

Waiblingen: 1,118 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 38°, 2° east of south (PVGIS). 7.0% above the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #23 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: the same 1,114 kWh/kWp.

Waiblingen is in Baden-Württemberg. Population 52,945 (GeoNames). 233 m above sea level. 10 km away: Esslingen am Neckar, the nearest bigger city, 1,131 kWh/kWp — 1.1% less here. 11.33 m between rows, pitch 15.10 m, GCR 0.32 (latitude 48.8°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,118kWh/year
Tilt
38°2° east of south
10 kW
11,182kWh/year
Row pitch
15.10m · GCR 0.32
Rank in the country
23of 193 cities

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Waiblingen

Latitude 48.8°: 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

44Jan65Feb101Mar120Apr123May128Jun131Jul122Aug108Sep81Oct52Nov43Dec

July: 131 kWh/kWp, December: 43 — 3.0 times less.

December: 43 against the median of 30 for the main cities of Germany, 43.3% more.

Waiblingen: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,591655215
1011,1821,310430
1516,7731,965645

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.