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Greenov, a start-up in the Centrale-Audencia-Ensa Incubator, receives funding of €2.39M to demonstrate its "SubSea Quieter ©" underwater noise reduction system

Greenov, a Nantes-based start-up supported by the Centrale-Audencia-Ensa Incubator in Nantes, was selected at the beginning of November by the highly selective "Accelerator" programme of the European Innovation Council (EIC). The result is a €2.39 million grant and a potential €2.5 million equity investment in the company in 2024.

on December 9, 2022

The SubSea Quieter© acoustic membrane project is designed to contain underwater noise and turbidity generated by port and coastal works and by the installation of offshore wind turbine foundations by pile-driving and drilling.

Developed by the Nantes-based start-up in the Centrale - Audencia - Ensa Incubator, it now enjoys significant European support. By joining the EIC's "Accelerator" programme, Greenov will be able to finalise the demonstration of a version of the SubSea Quieter© adapted to wind turbine monopiles with a 12m-diameter on a real offshore site, before commercial launch of the technology in 2025.

SubSea Quieter© helps to protect all marine ecosystems, including cetaceans, seals, porpoises and fish. Numerous scientific studies have shown that marine works, including noisy pile-driving, generate a high level of noise which can cause serious harm - even death - to all marine animal species present, across extensive large areas.

Greenov's SubSea Quieter© project is therefore a solution to support the development of Marine Renewable Energies on the path to decarbonising the economy and securing European energy independence.
 

EIC Accelerator

SubSea Quieter © was selected from over 1,000 projects after a year-long, highly demanding selection process, and represents major recognition of the economic and environmental potential of this DEEPTECH start-up at European and global level.

This financial support will facilitate the involvement of many industrial players who are particularly keen to innovate for the oceans - such as Bouygues TP, EQUINOR, EDF EN and Éolienne en Mer - and many laboratories of excellence such as those of Centrale Nantes, ENSTA Bretagne, Gustave Eiffel University and the CNRS.

It will also create high-tech jobs in France and Europe, where 100% of the system is designed and manufactured by partners committed to the oceans.


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Published on December 13, 2022 Updated on January 27, 2023