Spain: solar plant site data
Solar power plant in Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Spain: yield, tilt angle and row spacing
Rivas-Vaciamadrid: 1,619 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 37°, facing south (PVGIS). Exactly the median of the main cities of Spain (1,615). #69 of 147 main cities of Spain by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 45.4% more here.
Rivas-Vaciamadrid is in Community of Madrid. Population 68,405 (GeoNames). 570 m above sea level. 12 km away: Coslada, the nearest bigger city, 1,628 kWh/kWp — 0.6% less here. 6.76 m between rows, pitch 10.58 m, GCR 0.45 (latitude 40.3°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,619kWh/year
- Tilt
- 37°facing south
- 10 kW
- 16,192kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 10.58m · GCR 0.45
- Rank in the country
- 69of 147 cities
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Rivas-Vaciamadrid
Latitude 40.3°: 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: 167 kWh/kWp, December: 102 — 1.6 times less.
September: 147 against the median of 143 for the main cities of Spain, 2.8% more.
| kWp | A year | July | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 8,096 | 835 | 510 |
| 10 | 16,192 | 1,670 | 1,020 |
| 15 | 24,288 | 2,505 | 1,530 |
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.