Dr Baumgärtner is based in Germany and is the Chief Executive Officer of BESTEC Gmbh, BESTEC Services GmbH and BESTEC Drilling Gmbh companies actively involved in operating European geothermal power projects. He acts as manager of Pfalzwerke Geofuture GmbH a company building geothermal plants in Germany. He is a member of both the Management and Supervisory boards of the Soultz Geothermal project in Soultz-sous-Florets, the foremost EGS project in Europe. His experience extends to hydraulic reservoir
testing and stimulation as well as drilling of geothermal wells. He has had a principal role in establishing Germany’s first commercial geothermal power plant.