InEnTec
- Company typePrivate
- Founded1997
- HeadquartersRichland, United States
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
InEnTec firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- InEnTec
- Legal name
- InEnTec Inc.
- Website
- https://inentec.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 1997
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
InEnTec industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Plasma Gasification Technology / Waste-to-Energy Systems
- NAICS
- Solid Waste Combustors and Incinerators (562213), Power Boiler and Heat Exchanger Manufacturing (332410)
- SIC
- Refuse Systems (4953), Cogeneration Services & Small Power Producers (4991)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Thermal Treatment (Pyrolysis, Gasification, Plasma) for Residual Waste (EUAIACAI)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Plasma Gasification & Advanced Thermal Treatment (High-temp conversion) (EUAAAKAG), Hazardous Waste Fuel Blending & Alternative Fuels (Cement Kilns, Industrial Boilers) (BPALAFAG)
Keywords
Where InEnTec is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Richland
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Offices2 records
Markets served
InEnTec business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain
Revenue model
- Technology Licensing: InEnTec grants exclusive licenses to deploy its PEM technology across specific regions. Hydrogen Utopia International paid $100,000 initially and $400,000 at license grant for MENA region rights, with potential multibillion-dollar infrastructure developments projected. Each licensed SAF facility is estimated at $50-100 million (HUI facilities) or ~$800 million per large-scale SAF facility.
- Facility Ownership and Operation: InEnTec operates the Columbia Ridge waste-to-hydrogen facility in Arlington, Oregon, producing up to 1,100 kg/day of renewable hydrogen for sale in the US Pacific Northwest market. Revenue is generated from hydrogen sales.
- Project Development Fees and Equity Stakes: Through licensing partners like HUI, InEnTec earns development fees, partner equity stakes (HUI holding 10-20% free carry interest), and long-term offtake-linked income streams from waste-to-hydrogen projects.
Go-to-market motion2 records
Distribution channels3 records
Marketing channels4 records
InEnTec product offering
Product offeringCore offering
InEnTec develops, manufactures, and licenses Plasma Enhanced Melter (PEM) plasma gasification systems that convert virtually any waste stream—municipal solid waste, hazardous waste, medical waste, industrial waste, biomass, and hard-to-recycle plastics—into ultra-clean syngas, renewable hydrogen, syngas-derived fuels, and a vitrified glass byproduct (Synglass), without combustion or incineration. The company sells and licenses PEM systems (Models G60 through G550, P10, P100) at scales from 10 lb/hr to 125 tons/day, operates its own waste-to-hydrogen facility at Columbia Ridge, Oregon, and grants exclusive regional licensing rights to partners such as Hydrogen Utopia International for the MENA region.
Product overview
InEnTec offers a unified portfolio anchored by its Plasma Enhanced Melter (PEM) technology platform—a proprietary plasma gasification system that converts virtually any waste stream into ultra-clean syngas and valuable byproducts. The product line includes multiple PEM models (G500, G510, G550, P10, P100, G100, G100P, G300, G60) scaled for different throughput requirements (20-125 tons/day) and configurations (plasma with glass bed, downdraft, and combined systems). Output products include renewable hydrogen, syngas derivatives (methanol, ethanol, gasoline, synthetic crude), Synglass vitrified glass, and metals. The company also operates a Technology Center for R&D and demonstration, and the commercial Columbia Ridge waste-to-hydrogen facility in Oregon.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- Plasma Enhanced Melter (PEM): Patented plasma gasification technology that converts waste into clean fuels and valuable products without combustion
- Synglass
- Syngas
Products and services
- Plasma Enhanced Melter (PEM) Technology Platform Proprietary plasma gasification technology platform that converts virtually any waste—including biomass, hazardous waste, industrial non-hazardous waste, medical waste, and municipal solid waste—into ultra-clean syngas, hydrogen, and recycled products without combustion or incineration. Licensed and sold to industrial customers globally.
- PEM Model G500 Plasma system with glass bed configuration processing solid, liquid, gas, and sludge feedstocks at 25 tons per day capacity, producing glass and metals as byproducts.
- PEM Model G510
Quantifiable outcome
- 11 PEM facilities deployed worldwide across 4 countries over 20+ years
- +5 more outcomes
Companies that use InEnTec
Customer profileNamed customers6 records
Segments3 records
Ideal customer profiles3 records
InEnTec technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature5 records
InEnTec partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.
- Hydrogen Systems LLCcoreHydrogen Utopia International signed a non-binding MoU with Hydrogen Systems LLC, a Saudi-based hydrogen infrastructure developer, for Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) and Operations and Maintenance (O&M) support for planned waste-to-hydrogen facilities in Saudi Arabia. The partnership grants HUI local execution capability and supports engagement with Saudi Investment Recycling Company (the Kingdom's national waste management entity). This builds on HUI's exclusive license to InEnTec's technology across MENA.
- Hydrogen Utopia International PLCflagshipHUI secured an exclusive 10-year operational license from InEnTec to deploy the PEM Melter gasification technology across the entire MENA region, making HUI the sole authorized company to build, operate, and scale waste-to-hydrogen systems in the region. The license required an initial payment of USD 100,000 (July) and USD 400,000 at grant. HUI plans to originate projects in Saudi Arabia and the wider GCC targeting steel and cement industries, positioning HUI to capture development fees, partner equity stakes, and long-term offtake-linked income from potential multibillion-dollar infrastructure developments. HUI holds 10 exclusive licenses with options for additional facilities.
- MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)coreInEnTec was developed in coordination with MIT and the Department of Energy's National Laboratories. MIT researchers and InEnTec co-founders collaborated on plasma technology development that has been commercialized through InEnTec. Dr. Daniel R. Cohn, a senior research scientist at MIT, served as CEO of InEnTec for 4 years and is a co-founder.
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)coreInEnTec CEO Jeff Surma led multi-institutional team involving PNNL and MIT to develop plasma technologies that have been commercialized through InEnTec. PNNL contributed multi-million dollar research projects into new ways of transforming waste.
Scale indicators6 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights6 records
InEnTec competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Enerkem: Enerkem converts non-recyclable waste into methanol and ethanol via gasification. Like InEnTec, it targets municipal solid waste-to-fuels applications, competes for similar municipal and industrial offtake contracts, and sells renewable fuels into transportation markets.
- Sierra Energy: Sierra Energy develops the FastOx plasma gasifier for waste-to-hydrogen and synthetic fuels. It is a direct competitor to InEnTec's PEM technology, targeting similar municipal solid waste and hazardous waste feedstocks for distributed hydrogen production.
Emerging players
- Plasco Energy Group: Plasco developed plasma-assisted gasification for municipal solid waste-to-energy. Although its primary projects encountered setbacks, it represents an overlapping technology competitor focused on waste-to-power and waste-to-fuels applications.
- Velocys: Velocys develops Fischer-Tropsch-based sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) technology, complementary to InEnTec's syngas-to-SAF pathway. It targets the same downstream SAF offtake market in MENA and globally, making it a comparable downstream fuel conversion competitor.
- Brightmark Energy: Brightmark operates plastic-to-fuel pyrolysis facilities producing renewable fuels including renewable natural gas and naphtha. It overlaps with InEnTec's plastic circularity mission and downstream fuel offtake customers, though it uses pyrolysis rather than plasma gasification.
- Chempolis: Chempolis uses biorefining to convert non-food biomass into bioethanol and biochemicals. While its feedstock focus (biomass vs. mixed waste) and conversion chemistry differ, it competes in the broader waste/biomass-to-fuels value chain with overlapping offtake customers.
- Alterra Energy: Alterra Energy uses pyrolysis (rather than plasma gasification) to convert plastic waste into fuels. It competes with InEnTec's plastic circularity thesis and targets similar petrochemical and fuel offtakers but uses a different thermal conversion pathway.
Broad incumbents
- Linde plc: Linde is one of the world's largest industrial gases and hydrogen suppliers, with extensive merchant hydrogen operations on the US West Coast. It is a potential customer/distribution partner for InEnTec's Columbia Ridge output and competes in distributed hydrogen supply.
- Air Products and Chemicals: Air Products is a global industrial gas and hydrogen major with multibillion-dollar green hydrogen projects. It represents both a potential offtake partner for InEnTec's renewable hydrogen and a broad incumbent that competes for distributed hydrogen offtake contracts.
- Waste Management, Inc. Waste Management owns the landfill site hosting InEnTec's Columbia Ridge facility and is the largest US waste services company. It is both a customer/host and a broad incumbent evaluating waste-to-hydrogen and landfill gas-to-energy pathways that compete with InEnTec's platform.
Market position
Strengths4 records
Weaknesses4 records
Competitive moat4 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
InEnTec social profiles
Digital presenceInEnTec compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance2 records
InEnTec financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
InEnTec leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles11 records
InEnTec subsidiaries and ownership
Company hierarchySubsidiaries1 record
InEnTec funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds2 records
Investors
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InEnTec M&A and investment
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Frequently asked questions about InEnTec
What does InEnTec do?
InEnTec develops, manufactures, and licenses Plasma Enhanced Melter (PEM) plasma gasification systems that convert virtually any waste stream—municipal solid waste, hazardous waste, medical waste, industrial waste, biomass, and hard-to-recycle plastics—into ultra-clean syngas, renewable hydrogen, syngas-derived fuels, and a vitrified glass byproduct (Synglass), without combustion or incineration. The company sells and licenses PEM systems (Models G60 through G550, P10, P100) at scales from 10 lb/hr to 125 tons/day, operates its own waste-to-hydrogen facility at Columbia Ridge, Oregon, and grants exclusive regional licensing rights to partners such as Hydrogen Utopia International for the MENA region.
Is InEnTec a public or private company?
InEnTec is a private company. It is classified as family owned and is currently operating.
When was InEnTec founded?
InEnTec was founded in 1997. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is InEnTec based?
InEnTec is headquartered in Richland, United States, in the North America region.
How does InEnTec make money?
Three revenue lines are on record. Technology Licensing is the primary driver. The others are facility Ownership and Operation and project Development Fees and Equity Stakes.
Who are InEnTec's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Enerkem and Sierra Energy. Emerging players are Plasco Energy Group, Velocys, Brightmark Energy, Chempolis and Alterra Energy. Broad incumbents are Linde plc, Air Products and Chemicals and Waste Management, Inc..
Does InEnTec have an API?
No public API is recorded for InEnTec.
What industry is InEnTec in?
InEnTec's product category is Plasma Gasification Technology / Waste-to-Energy Systems. Its primary akta.pro industry code is EUAIACAI, Thermal Treatment (Pyrolysis, Gasification, Plasma) for Residual Waste, with a secondary code of EUAAAKAG, Plasma Gasification & Advanced Thermal Treatment (High-temp conversion). Its NAICS code is 562213 and its SIC code is 4953.