Spain: solar plant site data

Solar power plant in San Sebastián de los Reyes, Spain: yield, tilt angle and row spacing

San Sebastián de los Reyes: 1,613 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 37°, 4° east of south (PVGIS). Exactly the median of the main cities of Spain (1,615). #78 of 147 main cities of Spain by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 44.8% more here.

San Sebastián de los Reyes is in Community of Madrid. Population 75,912 (GeoNames). 685 m above sea level. 2 km away: Alcobendas, the nearest bigger city, 1,628 kWh/kWp — 0.9% less here. 6.84 m between rows, pitch 10.66 m, GCR 0.45 (latitude 40.6°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,613kWh/year
Tilt
37°4° east of south
10 kW
16,131kWh/year
Row pitch
10.66m · GCR 0.45
Rank in the country
78of 147 cities

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: San Sebastián de los Reyes

Latitude 40.6°: 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

105Jan114Feb139Mar142Apr154May153Jun167Jul165Aug147Sep127Oct100Nov100Dec

July: 167 kWh/kWp, November: 100 — 1.7 times less.

January: 105 against the median of 109 for the main cities of Spain, 3.7% less.

San Sebastián de los Reyes: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyNovember
58,066835500
1016,1311,6701,000
1524,1972,5051,500

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.