- More than 30 years of biogas experience in the fields of research, planning, consulting, plant construction and plant operation
- Inventor of several patents and author of a variety of publications
- Founder member of Biogasunion e.V. and chairman (from 2000 to 2005)
- Spokesman of fertilizer and waste legislation working group in German Biogas Association (from 2000 to 2005)
- Member of presiding committee of German Biogas Association (from 2005 to 2009)
- Vice president of German Biogas Association (from 2009 to 2013)
- Founder and board chairman of Agraferm Technologies AG (from 2004 to 2010)
- Member of guideline committees 4630 and 4631 (biogas technology) of Association of German Engineers (VDI)
- Founder, partner and managing director of BKW Biokraftwerke Fürstenwalde GmbH (since 2001)
- Operations manager of several biogas plants of up to 5 MW
Special experience
Special experience and expertise gained from his many years of work in various biogas technology sectors adds to the extensive know-how of the founder of the enterprise, Dr. Hans Friedmann.
- Development of micronutrients in 1989, and first-time use in renewable raw materials biogas plants for high-load fermentation at a loading rate of more than 10 kg
- Monofermentation of silage, especially whole crop cereal silage, grass and corn
- Mono-fermentation of sugar beets
- Fermentation of industrial stillages (e.g., from bioethanol production)
- Fermentation of municipal and industrial wastes
- Development of an agitator adapted to meet the special requirements of dry fermentation at high dry matter contents
- Extensive experience in biogas production from sugarcane processing and palm oil extraction
