Poland: solar plant site data
Solar power plant in Gdansk, Poland: yield, tilt angle and row spacing
Gdansk: 1,067 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 41°, 2° east of south (PVGIS). Exactly the median of the main cities of Poland (1,065). #41 of 87 main cities of Poland by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 4.2% less here.
Gdansk is in Pomeranian Voivodeship. Population 487,371 (GeoNames). 8 m above sea level. 245 km away: Poznan, the nearest bigger city, 1,059 kWh/kWp — 0.8% more here. 19.70 m between rows, pitch 23.31 m, GCR 0.21 (latitude 54.4°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,067kWh/year
- Tilt
- 41°2° east of south
- 10 kW
- 10,671kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 23.31m · GCR 0.21
- Rank in the country
- 41of 87 cities
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Gdansk
Latitude 54.4°: the tilt and the row pitch follow it. Enter the snow and wind for Poland in the designer, by the national annex to the Eurocode.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
May: 138 kWh/kWp, December: 24 — 5.8 times less.
December: 24 against the median of 32 for the main cities of Poland, 25.0% less.
| kWp | A year | May | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,336 | 690 | 120 |
| 10 | 10,671 | 1,380 | 240 |
| 15 | 16,006 | 2,070 | 360 |
Fixed tilt facing south
What a table yields at another tilt than the optimal 41° — for roofs and frames with a standard slope.
| Tilt | A year | Against the optimum |
|---|---|---|
| 41° (optimum) | 1,067 | — |
| 15° | 987 | −7.6% |
| 30° | 1,052 | −1.4% |
| 45° | 1,065 | −0.2% |
| 90° | 774 | −27.4% |
Snow and wind loads
Snow and wind loads for a site in Poland follow PN-EN 1991-1-3 (snow) and PN-EN 1991-1-4 (wind) with the Polish National Annex (NA). Solispec computes loads by the Ukrainian DBN V.1.2-2 only, so this page shows no snow or wind values for Poland: 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: PN-EN 1991-1-3 + NA, PN-EN 1991-1-4 + NA
- How these numbers are computed
Preliminary calculation: a design needs an engineer’s check.