Germany: solar plant site data

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

Worms: 1,108 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 38°, 2° east of south (PVGIS). 6.0% above the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #30 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 0.6% less here.

Worms is in Rhineland-Palatinate. Population 81,099 (GeoNames). 104 m above sea level. 18 km away: Mannheim, the nearest bigger city, the same 1,108 kWh/kWp. 12.02 m between rows, pitch 15.79 m, GCR 0.30 (latitude 49.6°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,108kWh/year
Tilt
38°2° east of south
10 kW
11,077kWh/year
Row pitch
15.79m · GCR 0.30
Rank in the country
30of 193 cities

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Worms

Latitude 49.6°: 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

39Jan62Feb102Mar126Apr130May132Jun133Jul123Aug110Sep76Oct42Nov32Dec

July: 133 kWh/kWp, December: 32 — 4.2 times less.

January: 39 against the median of 35 for the main cities of Germany, 11.4% more.

Worms: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,539665160
1011,0771,330320
1516,6161,995480

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.