Another edition of post-graduate study course Off-shore Wind Energy at Gdańsk Tech

Date added: 2021-03-26

Gdańsk University of Technology is the first Polish university that teaches staff for the sector of marine wind energy production. Future-oriented and fitting the job market trends, these studies are very popular among students and we are currently recruiting students for the 3rd edition of this post-graduate study course. Our new strategic partner is PKN Orlen.

The post-graduate course Off-shore Wind Energy Production was launched in autumn 2019 at the Faculty of Ocean Engineering and Ship Technology (currently: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Ship Technology). From the beginning we knew that their potential is very big: all 60 slots were taken within three days. t

– Students of the course whose 3rd edition has just started gained access to the newest knowledge on off-shore wind energy production on an international level - says prof. Marek Dzida, vice-rector of Gdańsk Tech for education and the head of postgraduate courses - The new course provides them with knowledge necessary for work, and on the other hand with job opprotunities, since the demand for skilled workers and speciallists in the area is on the rise.

Gdańsk Tech pioneers the education in off-shore industry area

Off-shore wind farms are one of the fastest-developing sector of energy production in Europe and the course launched at Gdańsk Tech on the basis of partnership with Polish Society for Off-shore Wind Energy Prodution was the first initiative of this type in Polish universities.

The study offer is directed at university graduates and specialized staff working in the off-shore sector allow gaining professional knowledge on many aspects of preparation and realization of off-shore wind projects, including the preparation and operation of wind farms which will soon be construted on the Baltic Sea.

In the first edition of the course, the key strategic partners were GE Renewable Energy and Polenergia - Equinor (former Statoil) consortium. Currently, in the 3rd and 4th edition of the course the key partner is PKN Orlen, the company who plans to support a similar course at Maritime Academy in Szczecin and to support scientific research in this area conducted at Maritime University in Gdynia.

Off-shore wind farms are the future

Realizaton of the projects of off-shore wind farms in Poland will soon enter the decisive phase. The most advanced projects belong to Polenergia - Equinor consortium (1440 MW), PGE Baltica (2500 MW) and, indeed, PKN Orlen (1200 MW). First off-shore wind turbines will be connected to the grid by about 2025 and the potential of the off-shore market in Poland is estimated to reach nearly 8000 MW by 2040.

www.pg.edu.pl

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