More than a job: How Ole Möller is driving Pro’s growth
His commute is short, his area of responsibility is vast: Ole Möller lives just ten kilometres from Prokon’s headquarters in Itzehoe. Yet in his dual professional role, the 36-year-old is also regularly on the road across Germany and Europe. As the person responsible for Prokon’s foreign investments, he oversees the company’s subsidiaries in Finland, Poland and Spain. Since 2024, Möller has also been Managing Director of Prokon’s service subsidiary, Pros.
“I visit our nine sites at least once a year to speak with the teams on the ground,” he says.
Pros now employs more than 60 people. Working in almost 30 service teams, they take care of the maintenance, servicing and repair of wind turbines, thereby ensuring their availability. The services division was founded in 2020 as an additional pillar of Prokon and has developed successfully in recent years.
And there is more to come: “In future, we want to expand our activities and add further, ideally large, wind farms to our service portfolio,” says Möller.
Classic craftsmanship and two degrees
The university-educated industrial engineer has been with Prokon since 2020. Born and raised in Itzehoe, his professional career eventually brought him back home via a rather indirect route.
“After leaving school, I first completed an apprenticeship as a chimney sweep,” says Möller. “That gave me a strong interest in emissions and renewable energy.”
In 2011, he began a bachelor’s degree at Flensburg University of Applied Sciences. He then continued his academic career at the University of Flensburg, where he successfully completed a Master’s degree in Energy and Environmental Management in 2017. He also earned another qualification in Energy Technology during a one-year period of study abroad in Finland.
In his first permanent job, Möller worked as a project manager at an energy company in Hanover. There, among other things in the onshore wind sector, he was responsible for project financing and project sales. However, family plans brought the father of a now two-and-a-half-year-old son back to Schleswig-Holstein at the end of 2019. “My wife had found a teaching post near Itzehoe at the time.”
A Prokon job advertisement led him to his new employer. The company was looking for an expert in project financing. “It was a perfect fit, because I already had a lot of experience in that area,” Möller recalls.
At first, he is mainly active on Prokon projects in Germany. Soon, however, his responsibilities also include investments in Prokon’s subsidiary in Finland. Möller takes care of project financing, is involved in contract negotiations and is on site for important appointments. Admittedly, he now knows the country well. “However, my Finnish is rather limited. But it is enough to order a beer.”
From 2022 onwards, he eventually manages the entire international business, including the Prokon subsidiaries in Poland and Spain. Two years later, he is additionally given responsibility for Pros’ management.
Sustainable growth and expanded expertise
Möller also brings his planning and commercial expertise to his new area of responsibility. In doing so, he succeeds in further strengthening the economic foundation of the service division.
The new role also changes his working hours, because the first service assignments have to be coordinated early in the day. “My working day now starts earlier,” he says. “But that means my son is happy when Dad comes home earlier.”
From his office in Itzehoe, Möller manages the operational business and is the point of contact for employees and customers. In future, he wants to further increase Pros’ competitiveness. The conditions are right: “In the relevant onshore hotspots, we have a closely meshed network of service stations.”
“Pros is excellently positioned and will continue to make an important contribution to Prokon’s broad range of services."
Ole Möller, Managing Director Pros
One further advantage is the rapid availability of spare parts. “Our pros teams are also familiar with numerous turbine types from different manufacturers,” Möller emphasises. These include, for example, Vestas/NEG, Nordex, Repower/Senvion, DeWind and GE/AN Bonus.
He says it is important to stay technically up to date at all times. Admittedly, the turbines in the service business are usually at least 10 to 15 years old. “However, the wind farms we are now taking over into our portfolio are already significantly larger and equipped with more modern technology.” Thanks to regular training and further education, employees are well prepared for this.
For Möller, his hometown and Prokon remain the first choice: “The wind energy sector is constantly evolving and always brings new challenges, which I am happy to take on!”