Spain: solar plant site data

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

Sagunto: 1,647 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 37°, facing south (PVGIS). 1.9% above the median of the main cities of Spain (1,615). #39 of 147 main cities of Spain by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 47.8% more here.

Sagunto is in the province of Valencia, Valencian Community. Population 66,070 (GeoNames). 43 m above sea level. 25 km away: Valencia, the nearest bigger city, 1,632 kWh/kWp — 0.9% more here. 6.56 m between rows, pitch 10.38 m, GCR 0.46 (latitude 39.7°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,647kWh/year
Tilt
37°facing south
10 kW
16,467kWh/year
Row pitch
10.38m · GCR 0.46
Rank in the country
39of 147 cities

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Sagunto

Latitude 39.7°: 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

116Jan119Feb142Mar148Apr158May156Jun162Jul157Aug140Sep130Oct111Nov108Dec

July: 162 kWh/kWp, December: 108 — 1.5 times less.

November: 111 against the median of 103 for the main cities of Spain, 7.8% more.

Sagunto: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
58,234810540
1016,4671,6201,080
1524,7012,4301,620

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

Spain: all cities and regions

Sources

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