Spain: solar plant site data
Solar power plant in Orihuela, Spain: yield, tilt angle and row spacing
Orihuela: 1,656 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 36°, 1° west of south (PVGIS). 2.5% above the median of the main cities of Spain (1,615). #34 of 147 main cities of Spain by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 48.7% more here.
Orihuela is in the province of Alicante, Valencian Community. Population 101,321 (GeoNames). 32 m above sea level. 20 km away: Murcia, the nearest bigger city, 1,630 kWh/kWp — 1.6% more here. 5.95 m between rows, pitch 9.82 m, GCR 0.49 (latitude 38.1°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,656kWh/year
- Tilt
- 36°1° west of south
- 10 kW
- 16,560kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 9.82m · GCR 0.49
- Rank in the country
- 34of 147 cities
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Orihuela
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.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
July: 162 kWh/kWp, December: 112 — 1.4 times less.
January: 122 against the median of 109 for the main cities of Spain, 11.9% more.
| kWp | A year | July | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 8,280 | 810 | 560 |
| 10 | 16,560 | 1,620 | 1,120 |
| 15 | 24,840 | 2,430 | 1,680 |
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.