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New managing director for WAB in Bremerhaven

By: Chloe Emanuel 15/03/2024 WAB

Corporate General Windfarms

Markus Nölke has taken over the management of WAB e.V. in Bremerhaven. The Bremerhaven native originally comes from the transport and logistics sector, where he focused primarily on shipping and port issues. Until he joined WAB, Nölke was managing director of the Association for the Promotion of Short Sea Shipping for the past 14 years. V., the operator of the ShortSeaShipping Inland Waterway Promotion Center (spc) in Bonn.

According to figures recently published by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), electricity feed-in from wind power rose by 13.8 percent in 2023 compared to 2022, making it the most important energy source for electricity generation in Germany with a share of 31.0 percent.

Jens Assheuer, CEO of WAB, said: "We are very pleased that we were able to recruit Markus Nölke for this important task. The industry is on the rise. With Markus Nölke, we want to use this upswing and further develop and expand WAB’s position as the strong voice of the value chain."

Nölke, who in his previous role was already intensively involved in the transport of wind power components and was in intensive dialogue with large system manufacturers, stated: "I am very pleased to be on board WAB and to be able to work together with the industry to implement the ambitious goals of the energy transition. The expansion targets for wind power to 40 GW at sea and 160 GW on land by 2035 represent a great opportunity and a challenge at the same time. As WAB, together with our strong network, we not only want to support the achievement of these goals, but we also want to help shape them constructively."

The spc is a “public-private partnership” (PPP) that is committed to shifting freight transport to waterways in order to contribute to reducing emissions in the transport sector. The sponsoring association is largely supported by the Federal Ministry of Transport, the infrastructure and transport ministries of eleven federal states, chambers, associations and companies in the shipping and maritime industries. In this role, Nölke worked as an interface between business, administration and politics.

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