The West Pomeranian Hydrogen Valley will launch a Hydrogen Academy for students in March 2023. The main objective of the programme is to train and develop specialised personnel for innovative hydrogen technologies. A letter of intent in this regard was signed by the West Pomeranian University of Technology and Grupa Azoty Police.

The Hydrogen Academy is an initiative that will be established as part of the West Pomeranian Hydrogen Valley at the end of November 2022 by state-owned companies, the West Pomeranian Voivode and Szczecin universities, including the West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin.

By 2030, Grupa Azoty Police intends to implement a plan of specific climate and energy measures in response to the requirements of European climate policy.

“We are the largest producer of hydrogen in Poland and our region has great potential for the development of hydrogen technology. The branching out of energy sources will be a challenge that will not only create a basis for the development of ‘Green Azoty’, but will also influence the environmental and economic development of the country”, said Mariusz Grab, President of Grupa Azoty Police.

The first programme of the Hydrogen Academy is open to BA and MA university students and graduates under the age of 27.
“Thanks to the leader of innovation in our voivodship – Grupa Azoty Police, we will be launching a valuable educational programme for students and graduates involving the development of projects related to the use of hydrogen in the energy transformation of our country”, said Professor Jacek Wróbel, rector of the West Pomeranian University of Technology.

Established as part of the Mazovian Hydrogen Valley, the Hydrogen Academy will also be launched in March. The organiser of this programme is PKN ORLEN, and partners include representatives of the automotive industry, such as Toyota, or the railway industry – PESA Bydgoszcz, and universities:  Łódź University of Technology, Warsaw University of Technology and the Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences – KEZO.

Adrian Andrzejewski