Spain: solar plant site data
Solar power plant in Barcelona, Spain: yield, tilt angle and row spacing
Barcelona: 1,572 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 38°, 3° west of south (PVGIS). 2.7% below the median of the main cities of Spain (1,615). #110 of 147 main cities of Spain by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 41.1% more here.
Barcelona is in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia. Population 1,686,208 (GeoNames). 15 m above sea level. 504 km away: Madrid, the nearest bigger city, 1,620 kWh/kWp — 3.0% less here. 7.29 m between rows, pitch 11.06 m, GCR 0.43 (latitude 41.4°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,572kWh/year
- Tilt
- 38°3° west of south
- 10 kW
- 15,718kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 11.06m · GCR 0.43
- Rank in the country
- 110of 147 cities
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Barcelona
Latitude 41.4°: 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: 161 kWh/kWp, November: 99 — 1.6 times less.
October: 116 against the median of 127 for the main cities of Spain, 8.7% less.
| kWp | A year | July | November |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 7,859 | 805 | 495 |
| 10 | 15,718 | 1,610 | 990 |
| 15 | 23,577 | 2,415 | 1,485 |
Fixed tilt facing south
What a table yields at another tilt than the optimal 38° — for roofs and frames with a standard slope.
| Tilt | A year | Against the optimum |
|---|---|---|
| 38° (optimum) | 1,572 | — |
| 15° | 1,472 | −6.3% |
| 30° | 1,559 | −0.8% |
| 45° | 1,561 | −0.7% |
| 90° | 1,059 | −32.6% |
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.