Spain: solar plant site data
Solar power plant in Elche, Spain: yield, tilt angle and row spacing
Elche: 1,683 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 36°, facing south (PVGIS). 4.2% above the median of the main cities of Spain (1,615). #24 of 147 main cities of Spain by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 51.1% more here.
Elche is in the province of Alicante, Valencian Community. Population 234,765 (GeoNames). 96 m above sea level. 21 km away: Alicante, the nearest bigger city, 1,614 kWh/kWp — 4.3% more here. 6.00 m between rows, pitch 9.87 m, GCR 0.48 (latitude 38.3°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,683kWh/year
- Tilt
- 36°facing south
- 10 kW
- 16,832kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 9.87m · GCR 0.48
- Rank in the country
- 24of 147 cities
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Elche
Latitude 38.3°: 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: 164 kWh/kWp, November: 114 — 1.4 times less.
January: 124 against the median of 109 for the main cities of Spain, 13.8% more.
| kWp | A year | July | November |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 8,416 | 820 | 570 |
| 10 | 16,832 | 1,640 | 1,140 |
| 15 | 25,248 | 2,460 | 1,710 |
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.