Completion of the 3rd edition of the educational program on the benefits of offshore wind farms Bałtyk

The workshop’s main topic was offshore wind energy – a new sector of renewable energy in Poland, which over time will bring numerous benefits to the Polish economy and create opportunities for development, including professional development. The first two editions of the project were attended by almost 3000 students from eleven primary schools in the Słupsk region, through which the onshore part of the connection infrastructure of the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind farms will run. In Łeba, there will be an O&M base for their service.

The project’s third edition, which has just ended, was addressed to young people from secondary schools in Słupsk, Lębork and Ustka. During the classes, 1400 students learned about the offshore wind energy industry and the role it plays in Poland’s energy transition. Participants also learned about the professional opportunities offered by this dynamically developing sector. The organizers prepared an attractive program: in addition to workshops on offshore wind energy, which ended with an interactive quiz with prizes, there were also exercises in creative thinking (Design Thinking), developing and managing a personal brand, and first aid training, conducted by IM Training | Education and Training Center.

Offshore investments, which are one of the strategic directions of the country’s green transformation, will power millions of Polish homes with clean electricity. The development, construction, and operation of the Bałtyk projects are carried out sustainably, respecting the environment and sea users. The emerging industry has the potential to create tens of thousands of attractive jobs, both in the construction and operation of offshore wind farms and those generated indirectly by component and service suppliers. There will be a need for specialists in a wide range of fields from marine and hydrotechnical engineering design and project management, to environmental law, maritime law, safety and regulations, to manufacturing and service workers.

Three offshore wind farms Bałtyk developed by Polenergia and Equinor with a total capacity of up to 3 GW will supply renewable energy to over 4 million households.

Education is an area to which Equinor and Polenergia attach particular importance. Companies are involved in numerous activities related to the education of future staff at all levels of education. Recently, in addition to the project “One Sea, Many Benefits. Offshore wind energy in my region” – the companies conducted an educational program for nine hundred primary and secondary school students in the Lębork, Słupsk, and Wejherowo districts. They also participated in two editions of the EDU OFFSHORE WIND career fair in Gdańsk. Throughout the year, information and educational activities are also carried out at the Bałtyk Local Information Point in Łeba, the first stationary facility in Poland dedicated to offshore wind energy.

In addition, since the beginning of 2022, Polenergia, together with schools, has been conducting climate education in over 80 facilities located at the company’s projects. These are activities as part of Play Green with Us!®, an original program prepared in cooperation with the Kulczyk Foundation and UNEP/GRID-Warsaw.