Spain: solar plant site data
Solar power plant in El Ejido, Spain: yield, tilt angle and row spacing
El Ejido: 1,841 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 35°, 2° west of south (PVGIS). 14.0% above the median of the main cities of Spain (1,615). #1 of 147 main cities of Spain by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 65.2% more here.
El Ejido is in the province of Almería, Andalusia. Population 84,710 (GeoNames). 84 m above sea level. 18 km away: Roquetas de Mar, the nearest bigger city, 1,779 kWh/kWp — 3.5% more here. 5.48 m between rows, pitch 9.40 m, GCR 0.51 (latitude 36.8°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,841kWh/year
- Tilt
- 35°2° west of south
- 10 kW
- 18,408kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 9.40m · GCR 0.51
- Rank in the country
- 1of 147 cities
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: El Ejido
Latitude 36.8°: 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
August: 174 kWh/kWp, December: 127 — 1.4 times less.
November: 128 against the median of 103 for the main cities of Spain, 24.3% more.
| kWp | A year | August | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 9,204 | 870 | 635 |
| 10 | 18,408 | 1,740 | 1,270 |
| 15 | 27,612 | 2,610 | 1,905 |
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.