Rise Reforming
Rise Reforming converts stranded biogas from wastewater plants, farms, and landfills into valuable chemicals like DME, methanol, and DMC using modular, container-sized units deployed on-site. Its proprietary reforming process has demonstrated over 1,800 hours of stable syngas production, enabling price-competitive, low-carbon chemical manufacturing that scales by adding or removing modules.
- Chemical Technology
- Clean Technology
- Manufacturing / Industry 4.0
- Hardware
Funding
Raised to date
$500KRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
Founders
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Product
Problem
The chemical industry depends on fossil fuel feedstocks and vulnerable global supply chains, while vast amounts of biogas from wastewater treatment plants, farms, and landfills remain stranded and underutilized. This creates both supply insecurity and a significant source of avoidable greenhouse gas emissions.
Solution
Rise Reforming converts stranded biogas directly into valuable chemicals such as dimethyl ether (DME), methanol, and dimethyl carbonate (DMC) using modular, container-sized units deployed on-site. The company's proprietary reforming process produces syngas that is then upgraded into chemicals, achieving price competitiveness with petrochemical DME and producing some of the lowest-cost green methanol and DMC available. Because the units are container-sized, they can be rapidly deployed in-situ, reducing permitting timelines and enabling access to the cheapest biogas sources. The modular design allows facilities to scale production by simply adding or subtracting modules, supporting long-term financial growth without major capital rework.
Target Audience
Primary customers are wastewater treatment plants, farms, landfills, and chemical buyers seeking low-carbon, supply-secure sources of DME, methanol, and DMC, as well as industrial partners looking to monetize stranded biogas resources.
Features
- Container-sized modular units enable rapid, in-situ deployment at the biogas source, eliminating the need to transport gas or build large centralized plants
- Proprietary reforming technology produces syngas from raw biogas with over 1,800 hours of stable operation demonstrated in proof-of-concept testing
- Process yields price-competitive DME versus petrochemical alternatives and low-cost green methanol and DMC
- Scalable architecture allows facilities to add or remove modules to match production needs over time
- Supply-secure model uses domestic waste-based feedstocks, removing reliance on fossil fuel extraction, processing, and transportation
- Pilot container system under construction at a Chicagoland wastewater plant, with pilot plant designs ready for live biogas testing