SLP · About us
A father-and-daughter team from Lower Bavaria — in biogas for over 25 years, with more than 50 plants built in over 15 countries on 4 continents.
Our story
We are a father-and-daughter team with a few core employees — and that’s our strength: we are flexible and fast, and decisions are made quickly. For larger or parallel projects, we draw on a large network of partners, suppliers, service providers and freelancers — in Germany and worldwide.
When building biogas plants, we always rely on industrial technology from Germany — for reliability and few disruptions. And we solve problems more often with biology and consulting than with steel and concrete: with the right biology, we bring every biogas plant to peak performance. Biology is elegant and cost-effective.
Our company philosophy has two points:
And of course our client has to make money with it.
Katharina & Walter Danner
Managing Directors, Snow Leopard Projects GmbH
Management
Managing Director · Agricultural Engineer
Raised on his parents’ farm, Walter Danner has been building biogas plants for over 25 years — first in Lower Bavaria, then worldwide, from container plants for Kenya and Tanzania to large-scale plants. As a biogas consultant he has worked on UN projects, among others, and spoke at the Biogas Africa Forum in Nairobi.
Managing Director · Industrial Engineer
After studying International Management and a master’s degree in industrial engineering specialising in energy technology, Katharina Danner is co-founder and equal managing director of SLP. She combines technology, economics and funding — and is the first point of contact for questions on BAFA funding and similar programmes.
Milestones
The start in the biomass sector.
The first decentralised, fully integrated bio-waste digestion plant in Germany — operated by ourselves for 15 years.
German Solar Prize (1998), Environmental Prize of the Bavarian State Foundation and registered EXPO 2000 project.
Father and daughter as equal managing directors.
Export winner — and construction of a biogas training plant for the university in Arequipa, Peru.
The largest grid-connected biogas plant in Africa.
develoPPP project with KIRDI and sequa: we train Kenyan biogas specialists.
Paddy-straw-based CBG plants in India (20 t/day) and a biomethane plant for grid injection in Spain (16 t/day).
What we stand for
We only recommend what we have tested ourselves.
Clear statements on costs, benefits and risks.
Using residues, strengthening soils, protecting the climate.
Experience from 15 countries on 4 continents.
Success stories
“Prosperity with water hyacinth was such a weird idea. A weed. With the frugal carbonization technology, the seed financing and the market created by SLP, I have now a business with several employees. This model can be replicated several thousand times around the tropics. Thanks for this.”
Peter Bassey, P.I.B, Lagos, Nigeria
“SLP together with KEPLER provided the perfect setup for training, research, master and PhD thesis. With this foundation we could build more technologies as biogas scrubbing and compressing.”
Godofredo Pena, Arequipa, Peru
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International
From Germany to Kenya, Ghana and Malaysia: we plan, optimise and train wherever biomass becomes energy and valuable materials.
Contact
Tell us briefly about your plant or your project. We usually get back to you within two working days.
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