In December 2022, our Sierra BioFuels Plant achieved a significant achievement with the production of synthetic crude oil from landfill waste. This synthetic crude oil is shipped to a Marathon Petroleum refinery where it is immediately converted into clean, transportation fuels. Located outside of Reno, Nevada, Sierra will produce approximately 11 million gallons of renewable, low-carbon transportation fuels each year from approximately 175,000 tons of landfill waste - all while helping reduce the disposal of waste into the local landfill and creating clean energy jobs.
The world’s first commercial scale landfill waste-to-fuels plant, Sierra began production of low-carbon synthetic crude oil in December 2022. The syncrude product is transported to a Marathon Petroleum refinery to be processed into transportation fuels.
Commercial Operations Started
Feedstock Processing
Est. Clean Fuel Production
Carbon Emissions Reduction
We’ve made significant investments in our Sierra BioFuels Plant that are positively impacting the local community. We’re producing clean fuels that reduce greenhouse gas emissions by more than 80%, reducing the amount of waste going to the landfill, creating and supporting clean energy jobs and investing to help the Northern Nevada region be a center for energy innovation.
Permanent Jobs Created
Economic Impact
Our Sierra BioFuels Plant includes a Biorefinery where we produce clean fuels and a Feedstock Processing Facility (“FPF”) which plays a key role in our overall process by providing the prepared feedstock for the Biorefinery.
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