Spain: solar plant site data
Solar power plant in Torrelavega, Spain: yield, tilt angle and row spacing
Torrelavega: 1,151 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 38°, 7° east of south (PVGIS). 28.8% below the median of the main cities of Spain (1,615). #147 of 147 main cities of Spain by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 3.3% more here.
Torrelavega is in Cantabria. Population 55,297 (GeoNames). 31 m above sea level. 24 km away: Santander, the nearest bigger city, 1,198 kWh/kWp — 3.9% less here. 8.07 m between rows, pitch 11.84 m, GCR 0.40 (latitude 43.3°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,151kWh/year
- Tilt
- 38°7° east of south
- 10 kW
- 11,507kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 11.84m · GCR 0.40
- Rank in the country
- 147of 147 cities
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Torrelavega
Latitude 43.3°: 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
August: 116 kWh/kWp, January: 65 — 1.8 times less.
January: 65 against the median of 109 for the main cities of Spain, 40.4% less.
| kWp | A year | August | January |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,754 | 580 | 325 |
| 10 | 11,507 | 1,160 | 650 |
| 15 | 17,261 | 1,740 | 975 |
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.