Spain: solar plant site data
Solar power plant in Albacete, Spain: yield, tilt angle and row spacing
Albacete: 1,657 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 36°, 4° east of south (PVGIS). 2.6% above the median of the main cities of Spain (1,615). #33 of 147 main cities of Spain by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 48.7% more here.
Albacete is in the province of Albacete, Castilla–La Mancha. Population 173,050 (GeoNames). 695 m above sea level. 129 km away: Murcia, the nearest bigger city, 1,630 kWh/kWp — 1.6% more here. 6.20 m between rows, pitch 10.07 m, GCR 0.48 (latitude 39.0°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,657kWh/year
- Tilt
- 36°4° east of south
- 10 kW
- 16,569kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 10.07m · GCR 0.48
- Rank in the country
- 33of 147 cities
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Albacete
Latitude 39.0°: the tilt and the row pitch follow it. Enter the snow and wind for Spain in the designer, by the national annex to the Eurocode.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
July: 167 kWh/kWp, December: 107 — 1.6 times less.
November: 110 against the median of 103 for the main cities of Spain, 6.8% more.
| kWp | A year | July | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 8,285 | 835 | 535 |
| 10 | 16,569 | 1,670 | 1,070 |
| 15 | 24,854 | 2,505 | 1,605 |
Fixed tilt facing south
What a table yields at another tilt than the optimal 36° — for roofs and frames with a standard slope.
| Tilt | A year | Against the optimum |
|---|---|---|
| 36° (optimum) | 1,657 | — |
| 15° | 1,569 | −5.3% |
| 30° | 1,648 | −0.5% |
| 45° | 1,642 | −0.9% |
| 90° | 1,084 | −34.6% |
Snow and wind loads
Snow and wind loads for a site in Spain follow CTE DB SE-AE (Spain’s Código Técnico de la Edificación) and, where the Eurocodes are applied, UNE-EN 1991-1-3 and UNE-EN 1991-1-4 with the Spanish National Annex. Solispec computes loads by the Ukrainian DBN V.1.2-2 only, so this page shows no snow or wind values for Spain: 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: CTE DB SE-AE
- How these numbers are computed
Preliminary calculation: a design needs an engineer’s check.