Spain: solar plant site data
Solar power plant in Arganda del Rey, Spain: yield, tilt angle and row spacing
Arganda del Rey: 1,617 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 36°, 3° east of south (PVGIS). Exactly the median of the main cities of Spain (1,615). #71 of 147 main cities of Spain by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 45.2% more here.
Arganda del Rey is in Community of Madrid. Population 51,489 (GeoNames). 626 m above sea level. 7 km away: Rivas-Vaciamadrid, the nearest bigger city, the same 1,619 kWh/kWp. 6.60 m between rows, pitch 10.47 m, GCR 0.46 (latitude 40.3°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,617kWh/year
- Tilt
- 36°3° east of south
- 10 kW
- 16,170kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 10.47m · GCR 0.46
- Rank in the country
- 71of 147 cities
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Arganda del Rey
Latitude 40.3°: 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: 169 kWh/kWp, December: 99 — 1.7 times less.
January: 104 against the median of 109 for the main cities of Spain, 4.6% less.
| kWp | A year | July | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 8,085 | 845 | 495 |
| 10 | 16,170 | 1,690 | 990 |
| 15 | 24,255 | 2,535 | 1,485 |
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.