Germany: solar plant site data

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

Zwickau: 1,057 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 39°, 2° east of south (PVGIS). 1.2% above the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #76 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 5.1% less here.

Zwickau is in Saxony. Population 98,796 (GeoNames). 267 m above sea level. 33 km away: Gera, the nearest bigger city, 1,068 kWh/kWp — 1.1% less here. 13.39 m between rows, pitch 17.11 m, GCR 0.28 (latitude 50.7°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,057kWh/year
Tilt
39°2° east of south
10 kW
10,568kWh/year
Row pitch
17.11m · GCR 0.28
Rank in the country
76of 193 cities

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Zwickau

Latitude 50.7°: 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

36Jan57Feb90Mar116Apr126May125Jun126Jul116Aug100Sep78Oct49Nov38Dec

May: 126 kWh/kWp, January: 36 — 3.5 times less.

December: 38 against the median of 30 for the main cities of Germany, 26.7% more.

Zwickau: plants, kWh
kWpA yearMayJanuary
55,284630180
1010,5681,260360
1515,8521,890540

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.