About BÜRO_F

Büro F is an energy market innovator

We analyze the latest developments in the energy industry and identify attractive projects and business models. We also elaborate policy recommendations and arrange contacts to movers of the energy transition worldwide.

We have an international perspective

A special focus of our work lies on the exchange between Europe and Latin America. We are committed to open societies and intercultural exchange.

We are a powerful consultant network

BÜRO_F brings together a network of independent renewable energy experts, mainly from Berlin. We are involved in various committees and forums dedicated to a decentralized and democratic energy transition.

stephan.franz[at]burof.de+49-160-4471912 — stephan.franz[at]burof.de
+49-160-4471912

Stephan Franz (MBA)

Stephan is the founder and owner of BÜRO_F. He has been carrying out market analyses in the field of renewable energies and smart energy systems for more than ten years. He has worked with BÜRO_F as a freelance consultant in Berlin and Santiago de Chile since 2014. Prior to founding BÜRO_F, Stephan worked as a consultant to the GIZ in the Chilean Ministry of Energy. Before that, he supported the development of new business models for the self-consumption of solar power in the strategy department of the photovoltaic manufacturer Q.CELLS. Other professional positions include working as a consultant at the German Energy Agency (dena) and as an analyst with the market researcher EuPD Research. Stephan studied Political Science and Economics at the University of Potsdam. In 2017 he also completed the MBA "Energy Management" at Technische Universität Berlin. Stephan is fluent in German, English and Spanish.

Mirco Sieg

Mirco is the owner of micropowr energy consulting, a close cooperation partner of BÜRO_F, and has been active in the renewable energy sector for more than seven years. As a freelance consultant and author in Düsseldorf, he is currently focusing on knowledge and technology transfer between Germany and South America. One of his focuses lies on the technical, economic and political challenges of using smart microgrids. Previously, he worked for several years as an editor for the photovoltaic journals "pv magazine" and "photovoltaik" of the pv magazine group GmbH and Solarpraxis AG in Berlin. As an employee at the Embassy of the Republic of Chile in Berlin, he supported scientific exchange between Germany and the Andean state, including in the area of renewable energies. Mirco holds a diploma in landscape ecology and is fluent in German, English and Spanish.

Other consultants of our network:

Dr. Bernhard Brand, enerpirica, Berlin

Tobias Gierling, Combinado Consult, Berlin

Dr. Nadine Kuhla von Bergmann, Creative Climate Cities, Berlin

Prof. Dr. Thomas Olbrecht, Olbrecht Consulting, Bonn

Fabian Zuber, l°energy, Berlin