Synthica Energy's Schutte on new Houston facility: 'We are excited to see our plans to scale our model come to fruition'

Blue Ash, Ohio-based Synthica Energy, LLC introduced the development of a new anaerobic digestion facility on Monday in Houston, per a company-issued press release.

The purpose of the facility will be to convert byproducts from food, drink and biofuel producers in renewable natural gas (RNG), officials with Synthica said in the release.

CEO Sam Schutte said in the release that Houston has been on the company's radar for quite some time.

“Houston has been a major target market for Synthica and we are excited to see our plans to scale our model come to fruition,” Schutte said. “Synthica Houston 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.”

The company said that the facility is being developed along the Houston Ship Channel east of the city with an anticipated completion date in 2024.

According to the release, the facility will use Synthica’s method of creating RNG called “Urban Friendly Digestion” technology.

Greater Houston Partnership Chief Economic Development Officer Susan Davenport welcomed the energy supplier to Houston.

“The company’s new Houston facility advances our region’s global leadership position in the critical effort to create an energy-abundant, low carbon future," Davenport said in the release. "Synthica’s state-of-the-art facility will benefit from Houston’s leading energy infrastructure and market, talented energy workforce and a robust supply of industrial byproducts and organic waste."

Davenport added that the plant's development occurs at a time in which many companies specializing in are eyeing Houston.

The Houston facility joins two others – an organics-to-energy facility in the Cincinnati area and another in Lebanon Junction, Kentucky – on Synthica's roster of new projects, per the release.