Solar Oysters LLC is an innovative aquaculture technology company using sustainable energy to automate and maximize oyster production while minimizing labor inputs. Solar Oysters offers a new production platform, the Solar Oysters Production System (SOPS) that uses solar energy to vertically rotate oysters through the water column. SOPS is a revolutionary approach to grow a high volume of oysters on a small footprint compared to traditional oyster aquaculture. This technology can generate nutrient credits as well as a sustainable food source, all powered by solar energy. 

In February 2024, Solar Oysters entered a partnership with Hooper’s Island Oyster Company (HIOC), making them the distributor of SOPS in North America. In addition, the SOPS prototype will be deployed on HIOC’s lease in 2024 to further refine and improve the technology. We anticipate SOPS will be commercially available for purchase by 2025. 

Before the partnership with HIOC, Solar Oysters partnered with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and the Chesapeake Oyster Alliance to test our SOPS technology by growing almost 400,000 oysters for the Foundation’s Baltimore Harbor Oyster Gardening Program. Solar Oysters was able to increase the numbers of oysters grown for restoration in the Baltimore Harbor by more than 60% over two years.  

Solar Oysters has attracted broad media attention in outlets such as The Fish Site, Seafood Source, Aquaculture Magazine, Aquaculture North America and the Global Seafood Alliance, among others. The experienced team that makes up Solar Oysters, LLC, welcomes inquiries from interested parties. For more information, visit www.solaroysters.com or contact us at info@solaroysters.com.

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