Spain: solar plant site data
Solar power plant in Marbella, Spain: yield, tilt angle and row spacing
Marbella: 1,712 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 33°, 3° west of south (PVGIS). 6.0% above the median of the main cities of Spain (1,615). #16 of 147 main cities of Spain by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 53.7% more here.
Marbella is in the province of Málaga, Andalusia. Population 156,295 (GeoNames). 57 m above sea level. 47 km away: Málaga, the nearest bigger city, 1,698 kWh/kWp — 0.8% more here. 5.15 m between rows, pitch 9.16 m, GCR 0.52 (latitude 36.5°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,712kWh/year
- Tilt
- 33°3° west of south
- 10 kW
- 17,118kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 9.16m · GCR 0.52
- Rank in the country
- 16of 147 cities
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Marbella
Latitude 36.5°: 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: 173 kWh/kWp, December: 108 — 1.6 times less.
November: 114 against the median of 103 for the main cities of Spain, 10.7% more.
| kWp | A year | July | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 8,559 | 865 | 540 |
| 10 | 17,118 | 1,730 | 1,080 |
| 15 | 25,677 | 2,595 | 1,620 |
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.