Germany: solar plant site data
Solar power plant in Wiesbaden, Germany: yield, tilt angle and row spacing
Wiesbaden: 1,092 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 38°, 3° east of south (PVGIS). 4.5% above the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #41 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 2.0% less here.
Wiesbaden is in Hesse. Population 288,850 (GeoNames). 147 m above sea level. 32 km away: Frankfurt am Main, the nearest bigger city, 1,082 kWh/kWp — 0.9% more here. 12.45 m between rows, pitch 16.22 m, GCR 0.29 (latitude 50.1°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,092kWh/year
- Tilt
- 38°3° east of south
- 10 kW
- 10,920kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 16.22m · GCR 0.29
- Rank in the country
- 41of 193 cities
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Wiesbaden
Latitude 50.1°: 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: 133 kWh/kWp, December: 31 — 4.3 times less.
November: 39 against the median of 43 for the main cities of Germany, 9.3% less.
| kWp | A year | July | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,460 | 665 | 155 |
| 10 | 10,920 | 1,330 | 310 |
| 15 | 16,380 | 1,995 | 465 |
Fixed tilt facing south
What a table yields at another tilt than the optimal 38° — for roofs and frames with a standard slope.
| Tilt | A year | Against the optimum |
|---|---|---|
| 38° (optimum) | 1,092 | — |
| 15° | 1,029 | −5.7% |
| 30° | 1,085 | −0.7% |
| 45° | 1,086 | −0.6% |
| 90° | 764 | −30.0% |
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.