Synthica Energy Announces Equity Investment from the Infrastructure Business within Goldman Sachs Asset Management
- Synthica Energy, LLC has closed a large equity investment from Goldman Sachs Asset Management to scale operations and produce RNG from organic waste. The investment will help grow Synthica's infrastructure projects and accelerate facility development in key target markets.
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Partnership and capital infusion will enable company to scale operations to produce RNG from pre-consumer food and beverage waste and other organic manufacturing byproducts
The new capital will help grow Synthica's infrastructure projects and accelerate the development of its facilities in key target markets across the country, including
"Synthica's mission is to provide a critical service for hard-to-process organic waste streams, divert these materials away from landfills and other non-sustainable disposal outlets, and ultimately reduce carbon and methane emissions," said Sam Schutte, CEO of Synthica. "We are excited about partnering with Goldman Sachs since it will enable us to accelerate our project development pipeline, enhance our circular solutions for our customers, and supply RNG to meet the growing market demand."
Founded in 2017, Synthica aims to produce RNG from pre-consumer food and beverage waste and other organic manufacturing byproducts. Distinct from many existing RNG developers, who largely focus on dairy products from farms or mixed solid waste from landfills, Synthica's infrastructure business model focuses on processing pre-consumer organic waste.
Synthica supports a green energy transition by aiming to provide a circular waste management solution at convenient facilities located a short drive away from city centers and repurpose pre-consumer organic waste, which might otherwise be disposed of in a landfill and contribute to greenhouse gas emissions. Through anaerobic digestion, Synthica plans to convert this organic waste into valuable RNG that can be used for a variety of drop-in fuel purposes in place of fossil fuels and help customers or offtakers achieve their decarbonization targets and sustainability goals, including with respect to recycling and landfill diversion.
The company's focus on pre-consumer organic waste gives Synthica access to a large and stable supply of input material from major food, beverage, and industrial manufacturers. The company enters into contracts to accept customers' waste as feedstock, providing a low-cost, proximate, sustainable alternative to landfill disposal. Unlike post-consumer waste, which can vary in supply and contamination levels, pre-consumer waste streams enable greater efficiency and consistency in the production of RNG.
Synthica will continue to be led by its co-founders, Sam Schutte and Grant Gibson. Mark Weidman, a recognized leader in the waste-to-energy sector, and former CEO of Wheelabrator Technologies Inc., will serve as executive chairman.
"With this investment, we are aiming to take waste out of a one-way system and recycle it to generate renewable energy," said Cedric Lucas, a Managing Director in the Infrastructure Business within Goldman Sachs Asset Management. "Similar to our Verdalia investment in
Demand for RNG and other renewable resources in the
Synthica recently broke ground on its first facility in
About Synthica Energy
Synthica Energy is an anaerobic digestion development company bringing organics-to-energy facilities to underserved markets across the
About the Goldman Sachs Asset Management Infrastructure Business
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