Spain: solar plant site data

Solar power plant in Boadilla del Monte, Spain: yield, tilt angle and row spacing

Boadilla del Monte: 1,615 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 36°, 5° east of south (PVGIS). Exactly the median of the main cities of Spain (1,615). #74 of 147 main cities of Spain by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 45.0% more here.

Boadilla del Monte is in Community of Madrid. Population 52,626 (GeoNames). 678 m above sea level. 6 km away: Pozuelo de Alarcón, the nearest bigger city, 1,624 kWh/kWp — 0.5% less here. 6.63 m between rows, pitch 10.50 m, GCR 0.46 (latitude 40.4°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,615kWh/year
Tilt
36°5° east of south
10 kW
16,154kWh/year
Row pitch
10.50m · GCR 0.46
Rank in the country
74of 147 cities

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Boadilla del Monte

Latitude 40.4°: 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.

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Yield by month

106Jan114Feb138Mar142Apr154May154Jun167Jul166Aug147Sep126Oct100Nov101Dec

July: 167 kWh/kWp, November: 100 — 1.7 times less.

November: 100 against the median of 103 for the main cities of Spain, 2.9% less.

Boadilla del Monte: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyNovember
58,077835500
1016,1541,6701,000
1524,2312,5051,500

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

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Sources

Preliminary calculation: a design needs an engineer’s check.