Tuesday, November 18, 2025–12:30 p.m.
-David Crowder, WRGA News-
The Rome-Floyd County Development Authority has approved an inducement resolution to begin the process of issuing $120 million in revenue bonds on behalf of Synthica Energy, which is constructing a new renewable natural gas facility.
The Cincinnati, Ohio-based renewable natural gas development company broke ground on the facility, located in the Northwest Regional Industrial Park at West Hermitage Road and Old Shannon Road, in October of 2024.
According to Rome-Floyd Development Authority Attorney Lee Carter, the authority is simply serving as a conduit, and there will be no burden to the taxpayers of Rome and Floyd County.
“One of the tools in the development authority’s toolbox is to issue revenue bonds,” he said. “That is what Synthica is asking us to do—you all to vote today to really start that process. The development authority issues the revenue bonds, but the obligation is on the company to pay this, and the limited collateral on the bonds is their revenue, thus the name revenue bonds.”
Carter explained the next step in the process.
“The bond documents will be prepared, and then ultimately, a bond validation action will be filed in superior court to be approved by the court. Today is just the first step in this process to eventually issue the revenue bonds.”
The Rome operation will be the first of its kind in the Greater Atlanta region, according to Chris Harvey with Synthica.
“It is going to be the first dedicated food anaerobic waste digestion plant in Georgia,” he told the authority. “We will be designed for about 250,000 tons a year of organic waste. We will be generating 325 thousand million BTUs a year in quality renewable natural gas with an estimated CI [Carbon Intensity] score of minus 25. We will be generating about 50 construction jobs during the build-out, and I would say 5 to 15 jobs during full operation.”
Food and beverage manufacturers and other customers will have less distance to transport their pre-consumer waste, lowering costs.
“We’ve strategically placed it in Rome, so we could capture the waste shed triangle between Chattanooga, Tennessee, Birmingham, Alabama, and of course, Atlanta, Georgia,” Harvey said. “We feel that there is a large amount of organic material there that really can feed our facility to generate renewable natural gas.”
Development Authority President and CEO Spencer Hogg said in addition to the capital investment of $120 million, the project will add jobs that pay north of $37 per hour.