Spain: solar plant site data

Solar power plant in Coslada, Spain: yield, tilt angle and row spacing

Coslada: 1,628 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 37°, facing south (PVGIS). 0.8% above the median of the main cities of Spain (1,615). #58 of 147 main cities of Spain by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 46.2% more here.

Coslada is in Community of Madrid. Population 81,860 (GeoNames). 619 m above sea level. 9 km away: Torrejón de Ardoz, the nearest bigger city, the same 1,627 kWh/kWp. 6.79 m between rows, pitch 10.61 m, GCR 0.45 (latitude 40.4°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,628kWh/year
Tilt
37°facing south
10 kW
16,284kWh/year
Row pitch
10.61m · GCR 0.45
Rank in the country
58of 147 cities

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Coslada

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

108Jan115Feb139Mar144Apr154May154Jun168Jul166Aug148Sep128Oct103Nov103Dec

July: 168 kWh/kWp, November: 103 — 1.6 times less.

September: 148 against the median of 143 for the main cities of Spain, 3.5% more.

Coslada: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyNovember
58,142840515
1016,2841,6801,030
1524,4262,5201,545

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

Spain: all cities and regions

Sources

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