Asayansi ku Wageningen University and Research Center (Netherlands) apanga mtundu watsopano wamafuta apandege opangidwa pogwiritsa ntchito zinyalala za mbatata.
Kuthekera kopanga mafuta odalirika oyendetsa ndege kuchokera ku zinyalala zopanga mbatata kwatsimikiziridwa kale m'malo a labotale.
Pulojekiti ya Mafuta a BioJet, kuyambira 2017 mpaka 2020, inali ndi cholinga chozindikira mikhalidwe yofunikira kuti izi zitheke ndikupanga njira yabwino yopangira mafuta opangira ndege.
Zopangira zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati chitsanzo pa ntchitoyi ndi ma peel a mbatata. Amagwiritsidwa ntchito popanga enzymatic kupanga acetone, butanol ndi ethanol (ABE fermentation). Kusakaniza kwa ABE komwe kumachokera ku gawo lapansi kumasinthidwa kukhala ma hydrocarbons ndipo, pambuyo pa hydrogenation ndi kugawa, kukhala mafuta oyendetsa ndege.
Tsopano ma peel a mbatata amagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati chakudya chotsika mtengo cha ng'ombe kapena kusinthidwa kukhala methane ndi anaerobic digestion; m'tsogolomu, kuchuluka kwa momwe amagwiritsidwira ntchito popanga mafuta achilengedwe atha kukulitsidwa kwambiri.
Kafukufuku woyeserera wasonyeza kuti njira yosinthira zinyalala zaulimi kukhala mafuta ndizotheka kale mwaukadaulo.