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Fachverband Biogas - German Biogas Association

Business group · Energy · HQ: Germany · Transparency Register entry

As of 8 October 2026, Fachverband Biogas - German Biogas Association appears in 3 declared MEP meetings (3 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

3
declared meetings
with current MEPs
3
MEPs met
€100k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.4
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Fachverband Biogas e.V. (FvB, German Biogas Association) unites operators, manufacturers and planners of biogas plants, representatives from science and research and all those interested in the biogas industry. Since its establishment in 1992, the association has become Europe’s most powerful organization in the field of biogas with more than 4,700 members.”

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“Fachverband Biogas campaigns for the increased use of biogas technology through political lobbying at EU, national and state level. Furthermore, it encourages the exchange of biogas-related information and knowledge, for instance through collecting, evaluating and spreading knowledge of scientific findings and practical experience, or by means of conferences, exhibitions and other events. Fachverband Biogas aims at expanding and promoting biogas production in Germany in order to provide for a safe, sustainable and decentral energy provision.”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 3 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group. Every meeting was with a single group.

European People's Party3100%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2024–2025. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (2 in 2025).

2024
1
2025
2

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Norbert Lins
1 meeting · EPP
Andrea Wechsler
1 meeting · EPP
Manfred Weber
1 meeting · EPP

The 3 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
10 Jul 2025Andrea WechslerEU Energy and industry policy
12 Mar 2025Norbert LinsStörfall­verordnung
25 Oct 2024Manfred WeberPolitischer Austausch

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