Filip Czeredys' project Offshore Wind Energy as a solution for water deficiency and its global impact came second in the competition.

- The concept assumes the use of favorable weather conditions off the coast of desert areas for the needs of offshore wind farms supplying seawater desalination installations coupled with them - explains Filip.

The fresh water produced would be used to combat water scarcity faced by desert regions and the societies that live in them.

- In the long term, ensuring a steady supply of fresh water would help to combat desertification, and even partially transform desert areas - says Filip. - This would allow them to be used in the future for the needs of agriculture and settlement.

In the longer term, this would reduce water scarcity, worsening with population growth, hunger, resource wars (for water) and prevent mass emigration from areas affected by these disasters.

The awarded concept may be a solution, among others problem of water scarcity, project: Filip Czeredys

Teodor Sawicki and Katarzyna Połczyńska took third place in the competition.

- Our competition entry entitled ‘How to access new wind resources?’ - was focused on floating wind turbines - one of the most important technologies for the further development of offshore projects, the authors explain.

Currently, the depth at which a wind turbine can be placed is limited to 40-50 meters, with most projects being built at a depth of 20-30 meters.

- Thanks to the technology of floating wind turbines, the depth at which offshore wind turbine projects can be created would not be a problem, which in turn would increase access to wind resources - say the students. - In the world, the power potential of floating structures is twice as large as those fixed in the bottom, which shows how important this technology is. We also presented the technical and planning challenges related to the construction of such floating farms.

The awarded work focuses on floating wind turbines, project: Teodor Sawicki and Katarzyna Połczyńska

The MEWy competition "Trends and development visions for offshore wind farms" is organized by the Maritime University of Szczecin and the Marshal's Office of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship. This year, its second edition took place. Full results of the competition on the website of AM w Szczecinie.