jonavanoord

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   by jonavanoord 2mo ago

   Thank you for the kind words!
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   by jonavanoord 2mo ago

   It depends per supplier. Dairy farms, wastewater treatment plants and food and beverage biogas producers all produce biogas in anaerobic digesters. The put their manure, biosolids or food waste in the digester and bacteria break down the bi
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   by jonavanoord 2mo ago

   Yes we could, we have briefly looked into that. Ultimately, it did not make sense for us to pursue that at the time, but it definitely means that if we ever feel the need to expand/pivot into natural gas, that that option is definitely
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   by jonavanoord 2mo ago

   Appreciate the kind words, we are beyond pumped to get to building this thing
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   by jonavanoord 2mo ago

   We are not not interested in flared natural gas sites. It is often just a logistical question of where we are going to get the CO2 from.
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   by jonavanoord 2mo ago

   Really appreciate the critical comments. I'd love to give some insight into how we look at these different ideas. I wholeheartedly agree that the priority should be to get something built. We are currently in the process of doing that
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   by jonavanoord 2mo ago

   That sounds like you might have had a pretty similar sales process to what we are going through. What was your experience selling 3HB like?
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   by jonavanoord 2mo ago

   Great question! Thanks for asking :) The power draw is meaningful but from our ASPEN simulations it is not as crazy as you would expect. So far all of the utilities we have spoken to have the power capabilities to host us on their sites wit
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   by jonavanoord 2mo ago

   Awesome question! I've spent all of my time this summer grinding out both the biogas supply and the chemical offtake and I think it will always be slightly easier to convince someone to let you buy something from them than to get someo
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    by jonavanoord 2mo ago

    Thank you so much for the thoughtful comment and questions :) We take in raw biogas and do the scrubbing ourselves. We are working with a specialized gas cleaning firm to build the gas cleaning step of our process. It is not as OPEX heavy a
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    by jonavanoord 2mo ago

    If you know the name of this site I will reach out to them this week because the location is pretty ideal. Texas is the walhalla for chemicals in the U.S. so we are definitely scouting as many sites as possible in Texas. Do you happen to kn
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    by jonavanoord 2mo ago

    We do it with biogas specifically because it enables us to produce chemicals with a 90% lower carbon footprint. Our thesis has always been that when you combine cheap waste feedstocks and an efficent enough process, you could produce green
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    by jonavanoord 2mo ago

    Thanks for the kind words! We appreciate it, let me know if you'd like me to add you to our newsletter. You can also sign up for it at rise-reforming.com/team.
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    by jonavanoord 2mo ago

    For a little more context. Any wastewater treatment plant treating more than 5MGD is likely to produce more than 45 SCFM of biogas.
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    by jonavanoord 2mo ago

    Thanks for question! One of the benefits of our tech is we think we can go to pretty small sites and still be profitable. Our latest estimate is that a site would need to produce around 45 SCFM of biogas for us to be able to install a unit
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    by jonavanoord 2mo ago

    Thanks for the comment and the kind words! That does sound like a pretty cool technology! Is 3-hydroxy-butyrate a specialty chemical? Or would you also end up selling it as a commodity? What does the process look like in going from syngas t
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    by jonavanoord 2mo ago

    Great question! Thanks for asking. The GTM is tricky because it is so closely linked with scaling the technology, and because it is so two-sided. The way we currently do it is we look to build strong relationships with potential customers o