What makes your innovation unique?
LARA (Land-Based Automated Recirculating Aquaculture System) is a smart, solar-powered aquaculture recirculation system. It utilises RAS (Recirculating Aquaculture System) for optimal, sustainable, healthy fish farming. The aim of Blue Planet Ecosystems is to utilise this innovation to meet the growing global demand for animal protein without depleting the oceans.
Advantages
• The system enables precise control of water quality and waste disposal.
• Solar-powered photo-bioreactors produce algae, contribute to biomass production and absorb CO2.
• IoT automation monitors fish health and environmental conditions while enabling real-time, data-driven adjustments.
• The Biology-as-a-Service (BaaS) offer is scalable and can be used worldwide.
Awards
• Austria Innovation of the Year Award – 2021
• CDL-University of Oxford Attendee – 2022
• SOSV Climate Tech 100 – 2022
• Web Summit Impact Start-up – 2022
• HighTech Venture Days Germany – Top 40
• Top of Green Tech Austria 2022
• Born Global Champions Prize 2022
About the company
Blue Planet Ecosystems transforms sunlight into seafood. Since its foundation in 2018, the company has been developing vertically integrated, solar-powered aquaculture systems for sustainable fish production from its site in Vienna.
