Spain: solar plant site data
Solar power plant in Seville, Spain: yield, tilt angle and row spacing
Seville: 1,672 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 35°, 1° west of south (PVGIS). 3.5% above the median of the main cities of Spain (1,615). #29 of 147 main cities of Spain by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 50.0% more here.
Seville is in the province of Seville, Andalusia. Population 686,741 (GeoNames). 16 m above sea level. 390 km away: Madrid, the nearest bigger city, 1,620 kWh/kWp — 3.2% more here. 5.62 m between rows, pitch 9.54 m, GCR 0.50 (latitude 37.4°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,672kWh/year
- Tilt
- 35°1° west of south
- 10 kW
- 16,715kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 9.54m · GCR 0.50
- Rank in the country
- 29of 147 cities
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Seville
Latitude 37.4°: 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: 165 kWh/kWp, December: 113 — 1.5 times less.
November: 114 against the median of 103 for the main cities of Spain, 10.7% more.
| kWp | A year | July | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 8,358 | 825 | 565 |
| 10 | 16,715 | 1,650 | 1,130 |
| 15 | 25,073 | 2,475 | 1,695 |
Fixed tilt facing south
What a table yields at another tilt than the optimal 35° — for roofs and frames with a standard slope.
| Tilt | A year | Against the optimum |
|---|---|---|
| 35° (optimum) | 1,672 | — |
| 15° | 1,593 | −4.7% |
| 30° | 1,667 | −0.3% |
| 45° | 1,651 | −1.2% |
| 90° | 1,069 | −36.0% |
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.