Spain: solar plant site data
Solar power plant in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain: yield, tilt angle and row spacing
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: 1,611 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 27°, 9° west of south (PVGIS). Exactly the median of the main cities of Spain (1,615). #79 of 147 main cities of Spain by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 44.6% more here.
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is in the province of Las Palmas, Canary Islands. Population 383,516 (GeoNames). 122 m above sea level. 1,357 km away: Seville, the nearest bigger city, 1,672 kWh/kWp — 3.6% less here. 3.07 m between rows, pitch 7.33 m, GCR 0.65 (latitude 28.1°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,611kWh/year
- Tilt
- 27°9° west of south
- 10 kW
- 16,107kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 7.33m · GCR 0.65
- Rank in the country
- 79of 147 cities
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Latitude 28.1°: 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
May: 149 kWh/kWp, February: 116 — 1.3 times less.
July: 139 against the median of 166 for the main cities of Spain, 16.3% less.
| kWp | A year | May | February |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 8,054 | 745 | 580 |
| 10 | 16,107 | 1,490 | 1,160 |
| 15 | 24,161 | 2,235 | 1,740 |
Fixed tilt facing south
What a table yields at another tilt than the optimal 27° — for roofs and frames with a standard slope.
| Tilt | A year | Against the optimum |
|---|---|---|
| 27° (optimum) | 1,611 | — |
| 15° | 1,582 | −1.8% |
| 30° | 1,606 | −0.3% |
| 45° | 1,549 | −3.8% |
| 90° | 908 | −43.6% |
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.