{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"START","title":"START: George Rose, CEO & Co-Founder, Rise Reforming \"Unlocking resilience for the chemical industry\"","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/7f4b94a3\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":674,"description":"The US produces enough biogas to make over $20 billion worth of chemicals a year\n60% of it is wasted or flared in low-margin applications\nIt comes off wastewater plants, farms and landfills\nGas a large-scale chemical plant can't capture\nSo Rise Reforming goes to the gas\nIts modular technology fits inside a shipping container and runs on-site\nThe result is the cheapest feedstock and no fossil fuels as raw material\nOut come chemicals like dimethyl ether, methanol and dimethyl carbonate\nThat last one has no domestic manufacturer in the US\nThe three founders met studying molecular engineering at UChicago\nThey got close over late-night problem sets\nEnvironmentalists turned engineers, drawn in by the chemical industry's 5% share of global emissions\nThen Y Combinator, to learn how to sell chemicals\n1,800+ hours of stable syngas production\nFirst in the Americas to produce syngas from wastewater biogas\nA binding biogas supply agreement and a conditional DME offtake for its first commercial unit\nDME is first, targeting aerosol and propane starting in 2027\nRise Reforming sums it up in six words:\n\"Unlocking resilience for the chemical industry\"\n‍\n🎙️ George Rose, Founder & CEO, Rise Reforming on Fondo START  \n‍\n00:45 Supply-secure chemicals from waste gases\n01:45 Why centralized plants are exposed to conflicts and natural disasters\n02:00 Making the chemicals where the waste is actually generated\n02:32 Dimethyl carbonate and the lack of a single domestic manufacturer\n03:04 DME, methanol, and the markets Rise Reforming is targeting\n04:48 Environmentalists turned engineers\n05:32 Green premium?\n05:57 Price parity with the natural gas alternative\n06:27 A new methanol process and the cheapest feedstock\n07:05 Meeting cofounder at UChicago over late-night problem sets\n08:25 Doing YC to learn how to sell chemicals\nCheck out www.rise-reforming.com","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/q-E1hh7K6IS4AfZiNy2p4MYVGcUOO8lQP92h8QbOEOA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80NzVj/MDEzNjkxNjU1N2Uy/NDFhMDQ3M2ZhNWI3/NWY0MS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}