Aarhus University and MIT develop drop-in fuels from biowaste with new tech

In Denmark, using an unusual, light-dependent enzyme and a newly discovered enzymatic mechanism, researchers from Aarhus University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have enabled the biological synthesis of high-yield industry relevant production of climate neutral drop-in fuels from biowaste.

A special light-dependent enzyme, which was first discovered about three years ago, is the focal point in a new scientific discovery, that enables high-yield production of drop-in biofuels from biomass. 

In a study now published in Nature Communications, engineers from Aarhus University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have proved, that the original assumption of the enzymatic process in this biomass-to-biofuels conversion is actually wrong.