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Waldemar Tarczynski: The University of Szczecin will educate RES market specialists in Poland
The University of Szczecin attentively follows the changing energy market in Poland, in particular the growing role of the RES sector, which plays a key role in the energy transition. Prof. Dr. Waldemar Tarczynski, Rector of the University of Szczecin, answers [...]
Małgorzata Sikora: Koszalin University of Technology provides a versatile offer of studies for the offshore wind sector
Koszalin University of Technology is one of the Polish universities that wants to educate future specialists of the offshore wind energy industry. In an interview with BalticWind.EU Małgorzata Sikora, PhD, Eng., Professor of the Koszalin University of Technology, talks about the [...]
Piotr Stepnowski: University of Gdansk is committed to the development of the offshore wind energy sector
The University of Gdansk (UG) is the largest university in the Pomeranian region. It employs 1810 research and teaching staff, who conduct education and research at 11 faculties for 24,000 students and PhD students. – The University of Gdansk treats the [...]
Giles Dickson: Biodiversity and renewables go hand in hand
The European Commission has published its Nature Protection Package. The package implements the EU 2030 Biodiversity Strategy, part of the European Green Deal. It’s also supporting the REPowerEU Action Plan, the measures to reduce Europe’s dependence on Russian fossil fuels and [...]
Tomas Milašauskas: We hope to see more regulatory development to accelerate renewables projects
2022 is a landmark year for the offshore wind sector in Lithuania. At the end of March, the Lithuanian Parliament gave a green light for the regulations necessary for the emergence of first wind farms in the Baltic Sea. The regulations [...]
Marcin Łuczak: The basis for personnel education is a cooperation of academic and industrial centres
The Gdansk University of Technology is one of the Polish universities that educates experts in the offshore wind energy sector. Prof. D.Sc. of Gdańsk University of Technology Marcin Łuczak, from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Ship Technology, Director of the [...]
Agnieszka Rodak: Investments in personnel preparation are the key to building a strong offshore wind sector
Investments in personnel preparation and competence development are the key to take advantage of the opportunity to build a strong offshore wind energy sector in Poland – said in commentary for BalticWind.EU Agnieszka Rodak, CEO of Rumia Invest Park. The commentary [...]
Krzysztof Tomaszewski: The development of offshore wind industry requires secondary technical education
In the public debate on the development of staff necessary for the development of the offshore wind sector, arguments are most often voiced about the need to start new majors at universities. Education is also needed at the technical secondary level. [...]
Jakub Budzyński: Effective cooperation between business and young specialists is the key to offshore wind development
On BalticWind.EU we spoke to Jakub Budzyński, Vice-President of the Polish Offshore Wind Energy Society (PTMEW). We ask about Polish staff in the offshore wind sector and the state of their preparation. How many specialists are employed in the Polish offshore [...]
Wójcik: To overcome challenges in Lithuania is necessary to think about offshore wind as a regional market
Lithuania is mobilizing for the development of offshore wind. Mariusz Wójcik, Director Project Development & Advisory for Offshore Wind, Poland and Baltics in Ramboll Polska, in his comment for BalticWind.EU points out the challenges Lithuania is facing, the opportunities arising from [...]
OCEaN call for a strong EU Restoration Law
NGOs, wind industry and Transmission System Operators (TSOs), working collaboratively in OCEaN, call for a strong EU Restoration Law with clear and quantifiable legally binding targets, as well as implementation and enforcement rules that enable ecologically-sound offshore wind and electricity deployment. [...]
Lithuanian Energy Agency on the path of offshore wind development
Lithuanian Energy Agency (LEA) plays one of the key roles in the development of offshore wind energy in Lithuania. In response to questions, the agency tells BalticWind.EU its tasks, role, and challenges in 2022. The commentary was originally published in BalticWind.EU Quarterly [...]
Rytis Kėvelaitis: Key milestones in Lithuanian energy and offshore wind market
Rytis Kėvelaitis, CEO of Energy Unlimited, summarizes for BalticWind.EU the first three months in the offshore wind sector in Lithuania. As he said, the key milestone is the adoption of the renewable energy law amendments regarding offshore wind. The commentary was [...]
Ruslanas Sklepovičius: The offshore wind development is a great opportunity for the Baltic Sea region
Green Genius has ambitions to get involved in the offshore wind sector. BalticWind.EU asked Green Genius CEO – Ruslanas Sklepovičius – about the details in a special interview for BalticWind.EU Quarterly Country Report Lithuania Q1 2022. […]
Artur Ambrożewicz: Polish offshore wind sector needs technicians
That is the training mission of Vulcan Training & Consultancy. The representatives of the training company focus primarily on the safety of offshore workers. – We teach how to work safely at height, how to give advanced first aid, what to [...]
Rokas Masiulis: Litgrid as a transmission system operator has a very clear task in offshore wind development
Litgrid as the transmission system operator in Lithuania plays one of the key roles in the development of the energy system, including renewable energy sources. Lithuania has ambitions for the development of offshore wind energy and [...]
Kacper Kostrzewa, OW: The meeting on 9th of June is meant to be a conversation and answer specific questions from suppliers
Ocean Winds - one of the world's largest offshore developers - will hold a Suppliers Day for potential suppliers of services and components for offshore wind farms in Poland on 9 June 2022 in a hybrid format. It is an opportunity [...]
Giles Dickson: Negative bidding in wind auctions creates additional costs
A number of governments are now tempted to apply ‘negative bidding’ in their wind energy auctions, to make companies pay them for the right to develop a new wind farm – WindEurope explains in the position [...]
Simon Redfern: Poland is very much high up the list of countries where SSE Renewables see opportunities
Simon Redfern is a senior executive with over 35 years’ experience on a range of large, high-value infrastructure projects in the offshore wind, telecoms and offshore oil & gas sectors. For the last 20 years he has focused on the offshore [...]
Andrzej Konarowski: Offshore wind is the next step in Acciona Energia’s development
Today on BalticWind.EU we talk to Andrzej Konarowski, Managing Director, Acciona Energia Poland. Acciona Energia, in cooperation with SSE Renewables, has the ambition to develop offshore wind in Poland. We ask about the details. […]
Karina Würtz: Baltic Sea Offshore Wind Declaration must now be followed by visible action
Another international conference of the wind energy industry in Bilbao has started today, and BalticWind.EU has become a media partner of the event organized by WindEurope. We are convinced that actors from the Baltic Sea Region [...]
Pertti Tapio: Metsähallitus’ goal is to complete the selection of an offshore wind partner in 2022
Finnish state-owned company Metsähallitus is currently working on the Korsnäs offshore wind farm project, which will be built in 2028 at the earliest. We asked Metsähallitus wind energy project leader Pertti Tapio about the progress. In the first phase of [...]
Pomerania and Bremen are discussing the potential of regional cooperation in offshore wind
In March, a virtual meeting was held between representatives of the Pomeranian Platform for the Development of Offshore Wind Energy, the city of Bremen, and the German WAB cluster based in Bremerhaven. Participants agreed that development [...]
Prof. Wolfgang Lukas: Business administration and management skills are increasingly coming to the fore
Offshore Wind Energy Centre was established at the Maritime University of Gdynia. Breakthrough management studies for offshore wind sector staff will be launched in Poland in March. The Polish university is carrying them out in cooperation with Hochschule Bremerhaven and Business [...]
Gdynia will provide education of key personnel for the development of wind farms in the Baltic Sea
A groundbreaking Offshore Wind Energy Center has been established at Gdynia Maritime University. This is where the future workforce that will build the offshore wind sector in the Baltic Sea will be educated. In March, the first groundbreaking managerial studies are [...]
