Trends and Visions for Offshore Wind Energy

The third edition of the MEWy Competition lasted until 19th February 2023. Attractive prizes await winning participants.

The Maritime University of Szczecin and the Marshal's Office of the West Pomeranian Region invite you to participate in the second edition of the visionary competition: "Trends and visions for the development of offshore wind farms". This is an international competition, it aims to stimulate the imagination based on knowledge and ingenuity, and as a result to present even the most futuristic solutions in the use of technology and obtaining energy from offshore wind farms.

The competition is open to secondary school students, under- and postgraduate students and doctoral students

How should the competition task be understood? Participants must clearly present their views on the broadly understood vision of the development of offshore wind energy. You can look at the problem freely: from the point of view of logistics, construction, design of wind farms, through their operation to IT issues, ecological, mechanical problems, automation, diagnostics or even broadly understood marine biology.

What are the opportunities and what are threats of using offshore wind farms for electric power generation? Perhaps you have groundbreaking thoughts on how to overcome the bad and take advantage of the good sides of generating power from wind. If you have any thoughts on these topics - this competition is just for you!

Prizes

Secondary school students 

• 1st place  - 2 smartphones OPPO Reno 7 lite 5G 8/128 GB, JBL loudspeaker GO3, MUS gadgets
• 2nd place - smartwatch Huawei Watch GT3 Pro46 mm Sport, JBL loudspeaker GO3, MUS gadgets
• 3rd place – wireless earphones Samsung Galaxy Buds2, MUS gadget

Undergraduate, postgraduate and/or doctoral students

• 1st place  – financial award of PLN 8000, MUS gadgets
• 2nd place – financial award of PLN 4000, MUS gadgets
• 3rd place – financial award of PLN 2000, MUS gadgets

How to take part in the competition?

Prepare a presentation - individually or as a team (max. 10 images/graphics or 10 minutes) and send it to the e-mail address: competition@pm.szczecin.pl by 19th February 2023.
10 ideas will be qualified for the second stage - where they will be presented to the committee. The next task will be to deliver even the most futuristic solutions and ideas related to the development and use of offshore wind farms and the development of technologies for obtaining power from them. The second stage of the competition was held between 22nd February and 8th March 2023. The results were announced on March 13th, 2023.

Secondary school students can choose the language of presentation (Polish or English), under-, postgraduate and PhD students are required to prepare their presentation in English.

Winners

Undergraduate, postgraduate and/or doctoral students category:
1st place - Karolina Rybak and Oskar Jasiński, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, 
2nd place - Leszek Resner, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin,
3rd place -  Arkadiusz Niedziela, Poznan University of Technology.

Secondary school students category:
1st place - Zuzanna Pawluk and Hubert Kiernożycki, SCI IT Technical Secondary School in Szczecin,
2nd place - Emilia Kuczer, 9th Secondary School  in Szczecin, 
3rd place - Kornel Olkowski, Mikołaj Szostak, Michał Kosmala, Kamil Bielecki, Technical Secondary School of Communications and Digital Multimedia in Szczecin.

The awards were presented on March 17th, during the 14th Conference Renewable Energy Sources - an Opportunity for Sustainable Development - Offshore Wind Energy, Netto Arena in Szczecin.

Winners of 2023 MEWy Competition

PARTNERS of 3rd edition of MEWy Competition

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy
Siemens Gamesa unlocks the power of the wind. For more than 40 years, we have been a pioneer and leader of the wind industry, and today our team of more than 27,000 colleagues work at the centre of the global energy revolution to tackle the most significant challenge of our generation – the climate crisis. With a leading position in onshore, offshore, and service, we engineer, build and deliver powerful and reliable wind energy solutions in strong partnership with our customers. A global business with local impact, we have installed more than 127 GW and provide access to clean, affordable and sustainable energy that keeps the lights on across the world.
The Polish Wind Energy Association
The Polish Wind Energy Association (PWEA) is a partner of the MEWy Competition. PWEA is a non-governmental organisation actively working to develop the legal framework in Polish legislation that will foster the development of wind energy. The Association currently brings together over 100 leading companies operating on the wind energy market in Poland: investors, developers, turbine and component manufacturers, subcontractors, service providers, law firms.
Morska Agencja Gdynia
Morska Agencja in Gdynia was established in 1951 and represented foreign shipping lines, shipowners and insurance clubs (P&I), as well as providing agency services for ships, with time expanding its specialization with forwarding services and work placement for Polish seamen. The ’90s saw the development of rail and air freight forwarding, storage, distribution and customs services, which resulted in the possibility of comprehensive cargo handling in international transport. Since 2007, the company has actively participated in the transformation of the energy sector in Poland, offering transhipment services for wind farm components in the Polish ports.
RWE Renewables Poland
RWE Renewables Poland is one of the leading investors in renewables in Poland since 2007 and is active in the main renewables technologies: wind onshore, wind offshore and PV. The company is a strategic investor which means that it develops, constructs and operates the projects throughout the full project lifetime. Therefore RWE engages with the local communities and values long-term cooperation with partners and contractors. RWE team in Poland currently consists of more than 80 highly skilled employees.
Orlen Neptun
ORLEN Neptun I is a part of ORLEN Group responsible for offshore wind power development. The Company bids for 11 new licences to develop offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea which will be a zero-carbon energy source for Poland with a target power of 10 GW. This would provide 25% of Poland’s electricity needs.
Windhunter Academy
Windhunter Academy is a global leader in the wind energy industry. It is a part of the Windhunter Group, which is a global leader in wind measurements and training for wind energy professionals. Windhunter provides its customers with high-quality services and products in industrial trainings as well as optimization of both, developed and developing projects in the field of renewable energy.
MFW Bałtyk II and MFW Bałtyk III
In 2018, Equinor and Polenergia started cooperation on the construction of two wind farms in the Baltic Sea, located about 27 and 40 km from the port of Łeba. The cooperation was organized in the following companies: MFW Bałtyk II and MFW Bałtyk III in which Equinor and Polenergia each hold 50% of shares. The commencement of construction is subject to obtaining the necessary permits and is planned for 2026/2027. The generation capacity from both farms is expected to be 1440 MW, which will allow more than two million households to be supplied with electricity.
West Pomeranian Region
Marshal’s Office of the West Pomeranian Region - one of the initiators of the idea of the MEWy Competition.

Trip to the  Arkona wind farm in the Baltic Sea funded by  RWE Renewables Poland is one of the prizes in the Competition. This is how it looked in the photos of Jakub Kutyła - the winner of the first edition of the MEWy Competition,



Participants of the MEW competition during a trip to the Arkona offshore wind farm


Participants of the MEW competition during a trip to the Arkona offshore wind farm


Participants of the MEW competition during a trip to the Arkona offshore wind farm


Participants of the MEW competition during a trip to the Arkona offshore wind farm