Germany: solar plant site data

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

Weimar: 1,066 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 39°, 3° east of south (PVGIS). 2.1% above the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #64 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 4.3% less here.

Weimar is in Thuringia. Population 64,727 (GeoNames). 220 m above sea level. 19 km away: Jena, the nearest bigger city, 1,056 kWh/kWp — 0.9% more here. 13.67 m between rows, pitch 17.39 m, GCR 0.28 (latitude 51.0°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,066kWh/year
Tilt
39°3° east of south
10 kW
10,662kWh/year
Row pitch
17.39m · GCR 0.28
Rank in the country
64of 193 cities

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Weimar

Latitude 51.0°: 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

36Jan55Feb93Mar119Apr128May127Jun129Jul119Aug103Sep76Oct47Nov35Dec

July: 129 kWh/kWp, December: 35 — 3.7 times less.

December: 35 against the median of 30 for the main cities of Germany, 16.7% more.

Weimar: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,331645175
1010,6621,290350
1515,9931,935525

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.