Herbert Marquard leaves Stadtwerke Pforzheim - Change to Bietigheim!

Herbert Marquard leaves Stadtwerke Pforzheim - Change to Bietigheim!

On July 5, 2025, it is time to say goodbye in Pforzheim: Herbert Marquard, Managing Director of Stadtwerke Pforzheim, will leave the company after its contract on May 31, 2025. From August 1, 2025, he will take over the business of Stadtwerke Bietigheim-Bissingen. Here you are currently urgently looking for an experienced energy manager because the company has to deal with financial difficulties. The Supervisory Board of Stadtwerke Pforzheim clearly advocates Marquard's commitment and thanks him for his commitment in difficult times. Since 2019 he has been running the Pforzheim Stadtwerke, which he took over in an economically tense situation at the time. Under his leadership, Marquard has made a name for himself as a renovator in the energy industry, so reports Pf-bits .

In recent years, Marquard has made some success. His successor is Dr. AIK WIRSBINNA, who has been working at Stadtwerke as Head of Sales and Customer Service since 2019. From January 1, 2025, the company management will be designed by a double leadership from Marquard and Wirsbinna, which comes into office with the aim of continuing the successful course of the municipal utility. As Stadtwerke-pforzheim.de is reported, Dr. AIK Wirsbinna remain on board for five years and the focus on the transformation of the heat supply and the expansion of the fiber optic network.

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The latest events in the Pforzheim energy scene take place in a larger context. The head of supervisory board Dietmar Spohn of Stadtwerke will retire at the end of the year after his term of office was shaped by promising, but also unsuccessful investments in coal -fired power plants. The clarification of how to proceed with energy policy is now more than urgent, because the municipal utilities are faced with the challenge of revising their strategy to achieve the climate goals by 2035. The previous focus on fossil fuels could turn out to be a expensive wrong decision, especially since the expansion of renewable energies has not yet been adequately advanced. die-stadt designer.de in the past does not consider sufficiently in the renewable capacities and now do not run the risk of climate neutrality until 2035 reach.

It becomes exciting to observe how the new double leadership around Marquard and Wirsbinna will tackle the challenges and whether they have the necessary hand to make the Pforzheim Stadtwerke future -proof. It is clear that the course for the energy transition must now be set in order to protect the integrity of the municipal utilities in this crucial time. The decisions of the coming months could be crucial for whether Pforzheim can actually play a pioneering role in the energy industry.