Spain: solar plant site data

Solar power plant in Molina de Segura, Spain: yield, tilt angle and row spacing

Molina de Segura: 1,646 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 36°, facing south (PVGIS). 1.9% above the median of the main cities of Spain (1,615). #41 of 147 main cities of Spain by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 47.7% more here.

Molina de Segura is in Region of Murcia. Population 64,065 (GeoNames). 108 m above sea level. 10 km away: Murcia, the nearest bigger city, 1,630 kWh/kWp — 0.9% more here. 5.94 m between rows, pitch 9.81 m, GCR 0.49 (latitude 38.1°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,646kWh/year
Tilt
36°facing south
10 kW
16,456kWh/year
Row pitch
9.81m · GCR 0.49
Rank in the country
41of 147 cities

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Molina de Segura

Latitude 38.1°: 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.

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Yield by month

123Jan117Feb140Mar142Apr154May154Jun161Jul157Aug139Sep132Oct114Nov113Dec

July: 161 kWh/kWp, December: 113 — 1.4 times less.

January: 123 against the median of 109 for the main cities of Spain, 12.8% more.

Molina de Segura: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
58,228805565
1016,4561,6101,130
1524,6842,4151,695

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

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Sources

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