Spain: solar plant site data

Solar power plant in Paterna, Spain: yield, tilt angle and row spacing

Paterna: 1,646 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 37°, 3° west of south (PVGIS). 1.9% above the median of the main cities of Spain (1,615). #40 of 147 main cities of Spain by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 47.8% more here.

Paterna is in the province of Valencia, Valencian Community. Population 64,023 (GeoNames). 60 m above sea level. 6 km away: Valencia, the nearest bigger city, 1,632 kWh/kWp — 0.8% more here. 6.50 m between rows, pitch 10.32 m, GCR 0.46 (latitude 39.5°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,646kWh/year
Tilt
37°3° west of south
10 kW
16,460kWh/year
Row pitch
10.32m · GCR 0.46
Rank in the country
40of 147 cities

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Paterna

Latitude 39.5°: 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.

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Yield by month

122Jan119Feb142Mar145Apr156May153Jun159Jul155Aug139Sep130Oct113Nov113Dec

July: 159 kWh/kWp, November: 113 — 1.4 times less.

January: 122 against the median of 109 for the main cities of Spain, 11.9% more.

Paterna: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyNovember
58,230795565
1016,4601,5901,130
1524,6902,3851,695

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.