DBG Bio Energy B.V. appoints Harm Beerda as Head of Engineering

Harm has recently joined the DBG Bio Energy B.V. team as Head of Engineering and carries the responsibility of realizing the DBG Bio Energy projects in, and outside, the Netherlands. 

As member of the leadership management team, he is involved in preparing the site locations, the design of the plants, the selection and supervision of technology providers, the EPC contractor, the logistics on site, the coordination of relevant stakeholders and other crucial activities related to realizing five DBG bio energy and organic fertilizer plants in the next five years.

For over 20 years, Harm has been active as an Engineer, Project Manager and Director within Ballast Nedam. He has realized some prestigious projects within the Netherlands, as well as in countries like UK, Bahrain, Germany, Indonesia and Malaysia. After this role, he was CEO of Koninklijke Oosterhof Holman, a position he fulfilled  for more than 21 years. 

Both  Dutch  companies provided Harm with an extensive experience in Engineering and Projectmanagement.

Berkay Gures, Managing Director of DBG Bio Energy B.V. said: “ A warm welcome to Harm, who joins our leadership team in order to bring in his extensive experience in the construction- and engineering industry. We will also benefit from his wide national- and international network. Another strong pillar added to the team which equips us to realize our ambitions”.

Harm commented: “I am delighted to be part of the journey to realize this beautiful DBG green energy initiative. After my long career in the construction industry, I will now use my experience to contribute towards the necessary energy transition, by turning industrial residue into meaningful bio energy products. A new and stimulating assignment, challenging but rewarding and essential”. 

Harm holds a Civil Engineering Master’s degree of the Delft University of Technology, and is currently chairman of the Supervisory Board of the “Waterbedrijf Groningen” as well as holding the position of “ambassador of Circular Friesland”.  

About DBG Bio Energy B.V.

DBG Bio Energy B.V., co-founded in the Netherlands by Chalcedon Holding B. V. and Hive Energy Ltd, is committed to being an innovative and carbon-negative business, in support of society’s ambitious moves to a Carbon Net Zero, more environmentally-protected world.

DBG Bio Energy B.V., using a patented enzyme technology, will process high volumes of industrial biomass waste in a more environmentally sustainable, carbon-negative method than today.  With no emissions or harmful effluents, it will produce bio-LNG for the energy and heavy transport sectors as well as green fertilizer and liquid CO2.