Claudius Da Costa Gomez
Managing Director, German Biogas Association German Biogas Association (Fachverband Biogas e.V.)
Bio
After studying agricultural sciences at the TU Munich - Weihenstephan and the TU Berlin, he completed his PhD at the Institute of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition at the Georg August University in Göttingen.
The aim of his doctoral thesis was to develop microbiological strategies to reduce methane formation in the rumen. During this time and during his work as a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Ghent, Belgium, there were repeated overlaps with issues relating to targeted methane production in biogas fermenters.
In April 2000, he took over the management of the German Biogas Association. Mr da Costa Gomez is a member of the board of the German Bioenergy Association (BBE). From February 2019 till February 2026 he was managing director of the German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE) e.V..
With over 4,800 members, the German Biogas Association is Europe's largest organisation representing the interests of the biogas industry. It represents manufacturers, plant constructors and agricultural and industrial biogas plant operators throughout Germany. The biogas industry has now created over 45,000 jobs, mostly in rural regions.
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