Spain: solar plant site data
Solar power plant in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain: yield, tilt angle and row spacing
Santa Cruz de Tenerife: 1,757 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 26°, facing south (PVGIS). 8.8% above the median of the main cities of Spain (1,615). #6 of 147 main cities of Spain by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 57.7% more here.
Santa Cruz de Tenerife is in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands. Population 211,359 (GeoNames). 10 m above sea level. 92 km away: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, the nearest bigger city, 1,611 kWh/kWp — 9.1% more here. 3.01 m between rows, pitch 7.31 m, GCR 0.65 (latitude 28.5°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,757kWh/year
- Tilt
- 26°facing south
- 10 kW
- 17,571kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 7.31m · GCR 0.65
- Rank in the country
- 6of 147 cities
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Latitude 28.5°: 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.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
July: 173 kWh/kWp, December: 115 — 1.5 times less.
November: 117 against the median of 103 for the main cities of Spain, 13.6% more.
| kWp | A year | July | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 8,786 | 865 | 575 |
| 10 | 17,571 | 1,730 | 1,150 |
| 15 | 26,357 | 2,595 | 1,725 |
Fixed tilt facing south
What a table yields at another tilt than the optimal 26° — for roofs and frames with a standard slope.
| Tilt | A year | Against the optimum |
|---|---|---|
| 26° (optimum) | 1,757 | — |
| 15° | 1,735 | −1.3% |
| 30° | 1,754 | −0.2% |
| 45° | 1,680 | −4.4% |
| 90° | 933 | −46.9% |
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.