GICON^® has grown into a respected group of consulting companies since 1994, with around 600 employees, which can provide services for its customers in many countries, in different languages ??and according to national standards. The group operates under the protected brand name GICON^®.

The large-scale technikum in Cottbus is used as a research and development center and serves in particular to further optimize the GICON^® Biogas Process. In addition, project-specific, preparatory test series with original materials provide great certainty for the design and engineering of the respective client plant.

The 450 m² technikum offers optimum conditions: state-of-the-art equipment enables both organic raw materials and residues as well as new technological developments to be examined individually and evaluated regarding their suitability for large-scale use.

For investigations on a laboratory scale, two laboratory plants are available in the technikum, each with six, 200-liter reactors. A container plant consisting of four percolation containers of 40 m³ each and two methane reactors of 12 m³ each is used for experiments on an industrial scale.

Within the framework of R&D projects, the focus lies on the topics of efficiency enhancement, biogas upgrading and digestate utilization. Newly-developed technologies and measurement techniques are tested under realistic conditions and evaluated with regard to their suitability for practical use.