New Energy Today Issue 102 - 2025 | Page 82

Pioneering Synthica’ s technological and operational approach, the Cincinnati facility was developed as a joint venture alongside UGI Energy Services, LLC. It can process up to 190,000 tons of food waste every year and is the very first of its kind. As Weidman enthuses:“ The launch of operations at our St. Bernard facility in Cincinnati was a major milestone for the business.”
“ There’ s no other facility operating at the same level. It’ s the first fully operational Synthica platform and has been in continuous development for seven years. After two years of construction, watching it be built brick by brick and tank by tank, we are tremendously excited to see it processing feedstock and begin injecting gas into the pipeline.”
Looking ahead, the company plans to expand its reach with two more factories, both of which are being exclusively developed by Synthica. Schutte talks
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