Spain: solar plant site data
Solar power plant in Alicante, Spain: yield, tilt angle and row spacing
Alicante: 1,614 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 35°, 7° west of south (PVGIS). Exactly the median of the main cities of Spain (1,615). #77 of 147 main cities of Spain by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 44.8% more here.
Alicante is in the province of Alicante, Valencian Community. Population 348,901 (GeoNames). 18 m above sea level. 69 km away: Murcia, the nearest bigger city, 1,630 kWh/kWp — 1.0% less here. 5.87 m between rows, pitch 9.79 m, GCR 0.49 (latitude 38.3°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,614kWh/year
- Tilt
- 35°7° west of south
- 10 kW
- 16,135kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 9.79m · GCR 0.49
- Rank in the country
- 77of 147 cities
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Alicante
Latitude 38.3°: 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: 164 kWh/kWp, December: 101 — 1.6 times less.
September: 139 against the median of 143 for the main cities of Spain, 2.8% less.
| kWp | A year | July | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 8,068 | 820 | 505 |
| 10 | 16,135 | 1,640 | 1,010 |
| 15 | 24,203 | 2,460 | 1,515 |
Fixed tilt facing south
What a table yields at another tilt than the optimal 35° — for roofs and frames with a standard slope.
| Tilt | A year | Against the optimum |
|---|---|---|
| 35° (optimum) | 1,614 | — |
| 15° | 1,535 | −4.9% |
| 30° | 1,606 | −0.5% |
| 45° | 1,591 | −1.4% |
| 90° | 1,026 | −36.4% |
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.