SOlar Oysters in the News
WRC-TV: New Technology Adds Life to the Chesapeake Bay
New Technology Adds Life to the Chesapeake Bay ~ WRC-TV
Baltimore fishbowl: Solar-powered oyster barge seeks to improve Chesapeake Bay restoration, aquaculture
Thousands of baby oysters have been moved into their new home for the next nine months: a solar-powered barge. ~ Baltimore Fishbowl
Chesapeake Bay Magazine: SOLAR-POWERED AQUACULTURE SYSTEM TO GROW OYSTERS FOR BALTIMORE SANCTUARY
Bay Bulletin first introduced you to the ingenious invention nearly a year ago: oyster growing platforms with auto-rotating cages that are powered by the sun. ~ Chesapeake Bay Magazine
Technical.ly Baltimore: A solar-powered aquaculture platform is growing thousands of oysters in Baltimore’s harbor
Solar Oysters loaded 300,000 spat-on-shell oysters onto its platform in Baltimore's harbor. ~ Technical.ly Baltimore
The FISH SITE: Solar-powered oyster farm sets sail
Solar Oysters’ novel automated aquaculture platform has been stocked with a fresh batch of 300,000 spat and launched into Baltimore Harbor. ~ The Fish Site
Global Seafood Alliance: Joint initiative to replenish oyster population in Baltimore Harbor
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) and Solar Oysters, LLC have launched a new collaborative initiative... ~ Global Seafood Alliance
NATURAL NEWS: Solar aquaculture: Harnessing solar energy to improve oyster and algae farming
Solar energy offers a way for aquaculture farms to become sustainable. ~ Natural News
Maryland Clean Energy Center: What is Solar OYSTERS? August 6, 2021
What is powered by the sun, provides nutrition, but decreases nutrients? Someday you might hear this question asked on Jeopardy, and you’ll want to be ready with the answer, “What is Solar Oysters?” ~ MCEC
WE&T MAGAZINE: OYSTER BARGE TO CLEAN CHESAPEAKE BAY - APRIL 2021
A new, solar-powered barge promises to automate many of the traditionally labor-intensive aspects of oyster farming. ~ WE&T Magazine
The Patch: In Chesapeake Oysters' Future: Underwater drones, shellfish barges? - april 21, 2021
...two Baltimore area companies are looking to boost oyster farming and restoration ~ The Patch
Southern Maryland chronicle: In Chesapeake Oysters' Future: Underwater drones, shellfish barges? - april 20, 2021
...two Baltimore area companies are looking to boost oyster farming and restoration ~ Southern Maryland Chronicle
Chesapeake Bay Journal: In Chesapeake Oysters' Future: Underwater drones, shellfish barges? - april 19, 2021
...two Baltimore area companies are looking to boost oyster farming and restoration ~ The Chesapeake Bay Journal
National ShellFisheries Association 113th Annual Meeting: Solar Oysters, LLC, Presentation
"Solar Oysters’ presents to the 113th Annual Meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association on March 25, 2021 ~ Watch Presentation Here
THE FISH SITE:Restorative aquaculture: Solar Oysters
"Solar Oysters’ Elizabeth Hines explains how the innovative agritech startup has ambitions to help restore native oyster reefs, improve water quality and – in the longer term – become “the John Deere of the oyster aquaculture industry."~ The Fish Site
THE AMERICAN FAMILY FARMER PODCAST:Meet the John Deere of Aquaculture
"...Solar Oysters, an innovative aquacultural platform corporation that specializes in solar oyster production systems. Their goal is to produce Oysters economically while cleaning the Chesapeake Bay."~ The American Family Farmer
The ZERO NET WASTE PODCAST: Episode 117: Solar Oysters
"Oysters are little nutritional bombshells. They're packed with vitamins, minerals, protein, fatty acids, and particularly of note during Covid: Vitamin D and Zinc."~ The Zero Net Waste Podcast
CHESAPEAKE BAY MAGAZINE: Auto-rotating Cages hope to Reinvent Aquaculture
"A Baltimore company is using solar power to operate cutting-edge oyster growing equipment. Solar Oysters LLC’s invention allows the bivalves to grow vertically in the water column instead of horizontally. "~ The Chesapeake Bay Magazine
THE BALTIMORE SUN:These Maryland Companies have Teamed up to HELP Grow Oysters In Deeper Water-With the Help of Solar Energy
"Two Maryland companies have teamed up to design a solar-powered barge that could bring oyster farming into deeper parts of the Chesapeake Bay, improving the estuary’s oyster output and perhaps easing conflicts with watermen and waterfront landowners."~ The Baltimore Sun
THE WASHINGTON POST: Solar-powered barge could take oyster farming deeper into Chesapeake
"Two Maryland companies have teamed up to design a solar-powered barge that could bring oyster farming into deeper parts of the Chesapeake Bay, improving the estuary's oyster output and perhaps easing conflicts with watermen and waterfront landowners." ~ The Washington Post
WBAL-TV: Baltimore Company Creates HIgh-Tech Way to FARM oysters
"Oysters are the Chesapeake Bay's most effective water filtration system, ridding the bay of nitrogen and phosphorus pollution. Just one oyster is capable of screening 50 gallons of water a day. So there's an effort underway to replenish the bay's oyster population." ~ WBAL-TV
WTOP RadIO: Could Solar Power Help restore Maryland's Oyster Population?- Nov. 30- 2020
"A Baltimore-based company is trying to change that. Solar Oysters LLC is building barges powered by solar energy that take up significantly less space in the water than typical aquaculture facilities, which can spread acres wide on the bottom of rivers and the Chesapeake Bay."~ WTOP Radio
