Agreement Number
11-222
Awardee Name
Sun Farm Oysters, LLC
Grant Type
Classic
Project Title
Design| construction| evaluation and performance/design/construction document dissemination of hybrid (solar electric and wind) paddlewheel upweller
Awardee State/Territory
Rhode Island
Involved States/territories
Rhode Island
Award Year
2011
Start Date
End Date
Award Amount
$93,458.00
Production/Use
Aquaculture/fisheries
Natural Areas
Resource Concern (Broad)
Energy
Habitat
Resource Concern (Specific)
Aquatic habitat for fish and other organisms
Renewable Energy
Conservation Practice(s)
Riparian Forest Buffer
Project Background
Increasing the number and productivity of aquaculture farms may very well depend upon the adoption of renewable Energy technologies that will provide environmentally safe and reliable electrical power at remote locations. This project will demonstrate the viability of renewable Energy power to provide reliable Energy to critical needs in a marine environment, isolated from conventional supplemental utility Energy. This approach greatly increases the potential for aquaculture to take place in places where upwelling was previously thought impractical or impossible.
Project targeted to Historically Underserved producers?
No
Awardee Technical Contact Name
Christopher Warfel