The West Pomeranian Wind Hub Workshop is behind us. Wind Industry Hub (WIH) Foundation together with the Polish Wind Energy Association had the pleasure to organize it. The opening panel of the event discussed the potential of the wind industry in the region:
🔹 Dominika Taranko Vice President and Managing Director of Wind Industry Hub (WIH).
🔹 Janusz Gajowiecki ,President of The Polish Wind Energy Association and Wind Industry Hub (WIH).
🔹 Michal Przepiera, Deputy Mayor of the City of Szczecin
🔹 Andrzej Montwiłł, PhD, Plenipotentiary of the Marshal of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship
🔹 Michal Falkowski, Regional Director of Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego 🔹 Artur Ambrożewicz CEO/President of Vulcan Training & Consultancy, Vice President of the Board of the Polish Chamber of Offshore Wind Energy
President Janusz Gajowiecki is convinced that Western Pomerania is becoming the Polish capital of renewable energy. Many companies have the opportunity to take advantage of this to establish themselves or strengthen their position in the wind industry. We could hear about started and planned investments within the Szczecin Metropolitan Area from Deputy Mayor of Szczecin Michal Przepier.A lecture on financial instruments in the offer of Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego was presented by Joanna Smolik, Director of the Strategic Relations Department, while we could hear from Paweł Szeremet, Head of the Office for Innovation, Science and Smart Specializations, about tools to support export of companies from Western Pomerania, which are available at the Center for Economic Initiatives at the Office of the Marshal of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship.
Piotr Krahel, Head of the Strategy and Port Development Office, Szczecin and Swinoujscie Seaports Authority S.A., talked about the strategy and development plans of the ports of Szczecin and Swinoujscie.
The dynamic development of Vestas in Poland is not only the plant located in Ostrow Brdowski in Szczecin, which is to employ about 700 people, and which is to be launched in 2025 and will deal with the assembly of nacelles for turbines, but also the largest service department in Poland. Marcin Majdzik, Director Poland & Baltics, talked about its development and the education and training needs of candidates for the service department.
Mr. Radoslaw Kowalczyk, President of the Board, talked about the company’s strategy and the possibilities of cooperation with Stocznia Szczecińska “Wulkan” sp. z o.o.
Supply Chain Manager, Joanna Rybicka-Gornowicz spoke about the demand for subcontractors and the possibilities of cooperation with ORLEN Neptun.
PGE Baltica is responsible for the development of offshore wind energy in the PGE Group. An update on the schedule of expected orders, as well as the criteria for the selection of subcontractors was presented by Alicja Wąsowicz, Director of the Procurement Office, and Piotr Gowik, Manager of the Procurement Conduct Team.
💚 Thank you to everyone💚.
Special thanks to Vulcan Training & Consultancy for presenting its training offerings to our workshop participants.
