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Founded in the year 2001, BIOFerm GmbH is an energetic, rapidly growing company in the field of design, construction and operation of biogas plants. With its innovative, patented dry-fermentation process, biomass – i.e. any sort of organic, non-wood waste, whether from households, agriculture or other areas – can be turned into clean, environmentally friendly energy. Skyrocketing prices for agricultural commodities, especially corn and grains, nearly choked the biogas boom in 2007. BIOFerm’s systems, however, do not depend on expensive agricultural commodities – they can use any form of organic waste, including that from landscaping and municipalities’ waste management. In the few years since its incorporation, BIOFerm has become the technological leader in its industry and in CO2-neutral energy generation. In 2007, due to the outstanding potential of BIOFerm’s technology, the company became part of the Viessmann International Holding Group. BIOFerm has close partnerships with, amongst others, MAN, Siemens AG, REHAU AG & Co., TÜV Süd, Atzwanger AG, Bozen, enabling the company to provide clients with a comprehensive range of services, from biomass management to heat conduction systems. BIOFerm now delivers comprehensive systems for integrated waste management, composting and energy generation. In March 2007, BIOFerm and Germany’s national federation of garden and landscape designers (Bundesverband der Garten- und Landschaftsbauer e.V./GaLaBau) jointly incorporated the GaLaBau Energy AG. In the first phase, this company will set up 50 BIOFerm dry fermentation plants across Germany, an investment of more than EUR100 million. This will allow GaLaBau member companies to reduce their waste management costs and create new revenues from energy and heat generation. We currently project 150 to 200MW installed capacity from BIOFerm plants in the next few years, helping to take pressure off the environment. So far, a total of 25 projects have been implemented, with a total capacity of 15.2MW (both electricity and heat). In April 2008, BIOFerm will build the first biogas plant in Hungary for the University of Gödöllö. We will also add a subsidiary in Hungary to our existing subsidiaries in Italy, Switzerland, the US, Japan and the Czech Republic. |