DuPont and Bock partner to distribute biogas enzyme technology

Industrial enzyme manufacturer DuPont Industrial Biosciences and silage storage specialist Bock UK have announced a strategic partnership where Bock will demonstrate DuPont’s biogas enzyme technology at commercial scale in the UK market. The enzyme technology, OPTIMASH AD-100, has been shown to help biogas producers in the agricultural sector improve yields and process robustness.

OPTIMASH AD-100 works by accelerating the breakdown of various materials such as maize silage, grasses, straw, manures and some food wastes, resulting in sugars more suitable for conversion into biogas. The easy-to-use liquid enzyme product has been shown to produce up to a 13% increase in biogas yields in anaerobic digesters, according to DuPont.

“Since the launch of DuPont’s enzyme biotechnology OPTIMASH AD-100, we have been confident that our biogas enzymes can help rural and farm communities around the world,” said Jaclyn DeMartini, global business director of Biogas Enzymes, DuPont Industrial Biosciences. “This strategic partnership with Bock UK brings our biotechnology to those customers in the UK and improves biogas production and economics through the use of DuPont enzyme technologies.”

“We are very proud to form this strategic partnership with DuPont and are eager to bring this biogas enzyme technology to our network of consumers in the United Kingdom,” said Will Wilson, business development manager, Bock UK. “With our expertise in silage storage across the UK anaerobic digestion (AD) industry and DuPont’s track record as a world-leading industrial biotechnology company, I am confident that this partnership will produce great results and bring customers an exceptional product that will ultimately increase the financial performance of UK AD plants.”