About Syzygy Plasmonics
Syzygy Plasmonics, a Houston-based startup founded in 2018, is pioneering a technology that produces clean, distributable hydrogen from various feedstocks. Syzygy’s platform technology is based on a field of science called photocatalysis, where the company is using light from LEDs that are driven by renewable electricity to perform chemical reactions. This technology can electrify the production of many chemicals that form the foundation of human society, such as hydrogen, liquid fuels, fertilizer, and other chemical raw materials. By creating these commodities using renewable electricity, Syzygy strives to achieve its goal of preventing a gigaton of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere by 2040.
“We are commercializing technology that produces low and zero-carbon chemicals, fuels, and fertilizers at a reasonable cost,” said Syzygy CEO Trevor Best. “Our first offering is a photoreactor that produces hydrogen using energy from light instead of heat. The facility at Pearland gives us space for testing, further development and product manufacturing while offering easy access to the highway system. We’re excited about advancing energy expansion, and we’re happy to have found a great space to grow in Pearland.”
Syzygy Plasmonics won third place and finished as the top U.S. company at the Clean Energy Pitch Start-up Battle in Glasgow, Scotland in 2021 and was named the most outstanding venture among commercialization stage startups in April of 2022 at the NREL Industry Growth Forum. It also recently won BASF’s Sustainable by Design Start-up Challenge. Syzygy has an exclusive license agreement with Rice University to bring its photocatalytic technology to market and expects to initially demonstrate its product later this year.
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The City of Pearland is honored to add a visionary company such as Syzygy to the growing list of employers that call our community home.
Pearland Mayor Kevin Cole
"Syzygy’s selection of Pearland for its new headquarters demonstrates how our community’s outstanding quality of life and business-friendly leadership continues to attract high-caliber companies to the area.”
The PEDC and city officials began working with Syzygy in 2021 on its relocation to Pearland. Syzygy is leasing the former Industrial Polymers building from Welcome Group. The 44,800 square-foot building, located at 3250 S. Sam Houston Parkway, serves as the company’s headquarters, research and development and manufacturing site for its product. The facility is home to approximately 60 employees.
