Spain: solar plant site data
Solar power plant in Cáceres, Spain: yield, tilt angle and row spacing
Cáceres: 1,616 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 35°, 4° east of south (PVGIS). Exactly the median of the main cities of Spain (1,615). #73 of 147 main cities of Spain by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 45.1% more here.
Cáceres is in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura. Population 96,068 (GeoNames). 441 m above sea level. 84 km away: Badajoz, the nearest bigger city, the same 1,609 kWh/kWp. 6.19 m between rows, pitch 10.11 m, GCR 0.47 (latitude 39.5°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,616kWh/year
- Tilt
- 35°4° east of south
- 10 kW
- 16,162kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 10.11m · GCR 0.47
- Rank in the country
- 73of 147 cities
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Cáceres
Latitude 39.5°: 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: 168 kWh/kWp, December: 97 — 1.7 times less.
December: 97 against the median of 103 for the main cities of Spain, 5.8% less.
| kWp | A year | July | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 8,081 | 840 | 485 |
| 10 | 16,162 | 1,680 | 970 |
| 15 | 24,243 | 2,520 | 1,455 |
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) | 1,616 | — |
| 15° | 1,535 | −5.0% |
| 30° | 1,610 | −0.4% |
| 45° | 1,599 | −1.1% |
| 90° | 1,052 | −34.9% |
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.