Sierra BioEnergy has broken ground on the second phase of its Sierra BioFuels plant in Nevada , which will turn domestic refuse into airplane fuel . The company has spent 10 years developing its proprietary thermochemical process , said CEO Jim Macias . Collectively, these future plants are expected to have the capacity to produce more than 300 million gallons of jet fuel annually The new plant is due to start operation in early 2018 and will convert 175,000 tons of rubbish into more than 10.5 million gallons of fuel per year , reducing CO2 emissions by more than 80 % compared to the use of traditional petroleum - based transport fuels . Eventually Fulcrum wants to produce more than 100 million gallons of green jet fuel per year .
Sierra BioEnergy has broken ground on the second phase of its Sierra BioFuels plant in Nevada , which will turn domestic refuse into airplane fuel . The company has spent 10 years developing its proprietary thermochemical process , said CEO Jim Macias . The new plant is due to start operation in early 2018 and will convert 175,000 tons of rubbish into more than 10.5 million gallons of fuel per year , reducing CO2 emissions by more than 80 % compared to the use of traditional petroleum - based transport fuels . Eventually Fulcrum wants to produce more than 100 million gallons of green jet fuel per year .