Spain: solar plant site data

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

Utrera: 1,675 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 34°, facing south (PVGIS). 3.7% above the median of the main cities of Spain (1,615). #26 of 147 main cities of Spain by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 50.3% more here.

Utrera is in the province of Seville, Andalusia. Population 52,617 (GeoNames). 52 m above sea level. 16 km away: Dos Hermanas, the nearest bigger city, the same 1,672 kWh/kWp. 5.43 m between rows, pitch 9.40 m, GCR 0.51 (latitude 37.2°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,675kWh/year
Tilt
34°facing south
10 kW
16,745kWh/year
Row pitch
9.40m · GCR 0.51
Rank in the country
26of 147 cities

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Utrera

Latitude 37.2°: 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

120Jan118Feb141Mar144Apr157May157Jun166Jul164Aug147Sep133Oct114Nov112Dec

July: 166 kWh/kWp, December: 112 — 1.5 times less.

November: 114 against the median of 103 for the main cities of Spain, 10.7% more.

Utrera: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
58,373830560
1016,7451,6601,120
1525,1182,4901,680

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.