Site Examples & Designs

ALL aquaculture farms; - Land based & floating finfish and shellfish farms and hatcheries; both private and state operated facilities.
Hypoxia or acidification zones in eutrophic estuaries, watersheds, lagoons, bays or marinas caused by a variety (multiple input or discharges) of industries (agriculture & commercial).
Shoreline flow through seafood processing facilities or canneries.
Re-circulated systems like mariponics or aquaponics, aquariums; live seafood distributors.
Any industry that produces greenhouse gases and organic waste streams.
Wastewater treatment facilities.
Dairy and livestock (CAFO) farms.
Any remediation company contracted to clean sites of other industries; since many species of macroalgae can remediate toxic compounds other than organic compounds and therefore; be used to remediate industrial sites as well.

Additional Benefits in Using SSTC-Systems Include ;

Companies or individuals using our SSTC Systems can encourage these types of NPDES business in utilizing their organic nutrient loading of the effluent source water for the plants; which would supply markets searching for local sources of high-quality biomass for their proprietary products or processes. These markets can range from raw materials, textiles, paper, food, industrial, agricultural, pharmaceutical, medical science, bio-fuel, and bio-energy.
The SSTC System received an exemption status at the federal, state (Washington) & local government agencies level for its positive influence to water quality of the ecosystem; especially permits involving NDPES (National Pollution Discharge Elimination Systems), and very low to no impact to shorelines and endangered species habitats for other federal and state criteria for shoreline preservation. (This most likely can achieve elsewhere).
Businesses that require NPDES permits can now have new revenue by having an SSTC System remediating tens of thousands of gallons of eutrophic source water 365 days per year; while generating profit from the biomass produced from the phyto-remediation capabilities of the system.
Companies or individuals using our SSTC Systems can encourage these types of NPDES business in utilizing their organic nutrient loading of the effluent source water for the plants; which would supply markets searching for local sources of high-quality biomass for their proprietary products or processes. These markets can range from raw materials, textiles, paper, food, industrial, agricultural, pharmaceutical, medical science, bio-fuel, and bio-energy.
Gaining public support for the choice to operate “Greener”.
Attaining carbon credits or tax deductibles by having a neutral or negative carbon footprint (carbon farming) for both the discharge company and the SSTC System.
Sites with strong eutrophication issues would be able to use certain species, which aggressively remediate certain concentrated compounds. (Some that has been grown by us before that have shown to attain high growth rates).
Certain seaweed species can also remediate heavy metallic ions. (Some of these we have grown before).
Discharge companies could possibly attain various tax deductibles for using such a technology.
Our system can make it possible to remediate a large effluent capacity, while producing a large biomass that could be used as a feed stock for bio-energy or bio-fuel, aquaculture of fish or shellfish, or agriculture for livestock.
There is NO waste from this process. ALL biomass can be utilized for one of the thousands of products and processes in use today, that would be able to use the biomass as raw materials.

Frequently Asked Questions

Please reach us at inquiries@seaplantssolutions.com if you cannot find an answer to your question.

What types of clients does Sea Plants Solutions LLC work with?

At Sea Plants Solutions LLC, we work with clients of all sizes, from small startups to large corporations. We also work with individuals seeking personal cultivation consulting services. Any individual or company who is interested in growing macroalgae on land, using land-based production systems.

What type of layouts, sizes, and how much do these custom-designed SSTC Systems cost, and how much biomass do they produce?

There is no definite or specific answer to these questions because of the several specific site details that can affect the answer to these questions. Or in other words; the site selected to place a SSTC System to grow a specific species, will be defined by a water sample. A water sample will be required, in order to ensure economic and ecological success.

This is due to the fact that, not all macroalgae species have the same absorption rate (bio-remediation rates) of concentrated compounds, or ability to do so. Some have certain affinities to different compounds than do others. Therefore, until the water sample is collected and analyzed, we will not know for sure, which species of macroalgae can be successfully grown.

That said; we can offer generalities in the form of grouping species of seaweed together, based on the remediation rates. By doing so, we can offer various sizes and layouts of our Modular SSTC Systems or larger growing structures (greenhouses, etc).

How does Sea Plants Solutions LLC ensure success to clients who decide to purchase SSTC Systems?

No matter which system a client is interested in (greenhouse, building, floating pod or modular system); we offer several levels of assistance such as;

Hands-on course in how to operate, maintain, & monitor the system;
Teach our plant care & harvesting protocols.
We also offer 3-months, 6-months, 12-months, or a longer agreed upon timescale of daily remote monitoring of the system. the length of monitoring will be based upon our client's participation and general knowledge of growing seaweed.
Offering the required starting biomass weight from our seed stock bank, for whichever sized SSTC system is selected.

By doing so; we eliminate the necessary time scale that would be required to enable the growing biomass to reach the sustainability stage faster; than starting from collecting or attaining the correct starting biomass weight for any particular sized SSTC System, which usually takes between 3 to 6-months, depending upon the size of the farm.

By providing this required seed stock weight, which has gone through our Hybridization Period, will reduce this time to 1 or 2 months instead.

Land-Based Modular SSTC Systems Designs

In 2013, Tim Visi (Sea Plants Solutions LLC), re-designed the greenhouse he developed the SSTC System in; to modular, portable, turn-key macroalgae micro-footprint production farms that operate as bio-remediation systems of nutrient-rich (eutrophic source water - effluent).

These modular systems come in many sizes that have four layout possibilities, which are based upon the amount of monthly biomass production.

Our main size ranges include 10', 20', 40', and 53'. These sizes represents 80 square-feet, 160 square-feet, 320 square-feet, and 424 square-feet.

These micro-footprint production systems can be in housing that requires a semi-truck to move and deliver it to a site, or driven to a site, which is the housing for the SSTC System.

To offer as an example; the lowest bio-remediation rate of a medium SGR % species, would be able to bio-remediate at least 2,000 gallons per day (gpd) of eutrophic water. It could sustainably grow roughly 400-pounds per month. It would require one day per week of labor, to maintain, harvest, and ship product.

Sites Examples & Designs

Additional Benefits in Using SSTC-Systems Include ;

Frequently Asked Questions

Land-Based Modular SSTC Systems Designs

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