Germany: solar plant site data

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

Wolfsburg: 1,033 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 39°, 2° east of south (PVGIS). 1.2% below the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #115 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 7.3% less here.

Wolfsburg is in Lower Saxony. Population 123,064 (GeoNames). 65 m above sea level. 24 km away: Braunschweig, the nearest bigger city, the same 1,033 kWh/kWp. 15.52 m between rows, pitch 19.24 m, GCR 0.25 (latitude 52.4°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,033kWh/year
Tilt
39°2° east of south
10 kW
10,325kWh/year
Row pitch
19.24m · GCR 0.25
Rank in the country
115of 193 cities

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Wolfsburg

Latitude 52.4°: 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

31Jan52Feb89Mar121Apr128May129Jun126Jul119Aug101Sep72Oct38Nov27Dec

June: 129 kWh/kWp, December: 27 — 4.8 times less.

November: 38 against the median of 43 for the main cities of Germany, 11.6% less.

Wolfsburg: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJuneDecember
55,163645135
1010,3251,290270
1515,4881,935405

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.