Windfall Bio begins construction on methane-to-value demonstration plant in Houston (U.S.)
- New facility will showcase Windfall’s pioneering modular bioreactor technology’s ability to transform diverse and dilute sources of waste methane into value
Windfall Bio, a leader in methane-to-value solutions, has broken ground on a commercial-scale demonstration plant in Houston, Texas (U.S.). The demo plant will showcase Windfall’s technology for transforming methane into organic fertilizer from multiple waste gas sources, validating the technology’s applicability and value capture across oil and gas, waste management, and agriculture sectors. Allowing customers across verticals to see the system’s engineering feasibility and scalability, the demo plant will operate continuously to mimic commercial-scale methane-to-value operations.
The demo plant will contain natural microbes known as mems, which convert waste and dilute sources of methane—including flare gas from oil and gas wells, landfill gas, and biogas from agriculture and livestock—into organic fertilizer. The demo plant will initially operate with industrial methane and pipeline gas for commissioning and will produce biomass that can be further processed into organic fertilizer—branded as Windfall’s organic FOUNDATION fertilizer. This value-added approach presents a profitable, cost-effective solution for valorizing waste methane that increases operational efficiency and can be easily integrated into existing infrastructure.
“This demo plant signals a fundamental shift away from capital-intensive methane combustion systems toward a standardized, modular, low-cost methane bioconversion platform,” said Josh Silverman, co-founder and CEO of Windfall Bio. “A critical step in commercializing Windfall’s multi-product, methane-to-value solution, the demo plant will showcase the versatility of our technology to create value from a diverse range of methane sources and provide customers a hands-on experience for how the solution can be deployed on their own sites.”
The demo plant is expected to be operational in Q4 2025. Over time, the plant will operate with gas blends representing multiple feedstocks—including oil and gas flares, coal bed methane, landfill gas, and biogas—to reinforce the technology’s flexibility and market reach. Additionally, the integration of Windfall’s proprietary software and operations platform will enable accurate real-time remote monitoring and AI-driven insights to drive maximum productivity.
In addition to the 5,000-ft2 facility now under construction, Windfall has active and planned large-scale commercial deployments across sectors spanning dairy farms, landfill and wastewater treatment facilities, and oil and gas sites.
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