HOUSTON – Synthica Energy LLC, an Ohio-based renewable natural gas company, is developing an anaerobic digestion facility at an industrial site along the ship channel east of Houston.
The facility will convert organic byproducts from food, beverages and other biofuel producers into renewable natural gas (RNG). The company plans to take in hundreds of thousands of tons of organic feedstock that would have otherwise ended up in landfills or water treatment plants.
Synthica’s Houston facility will be capable of producing approximately 350 billion British thermal units of RNG per year.
Synthica Energy CEO Sam Schutte said the facility “will divert approximately 300,000 tons per year of organic wastes from non-sustainable outlets, providing companies in the region who wish to make their operations more environmentally friendly a sustainable choice.”
Completion of the facility is slated for late 2024.