Sub Sea Quieter, a disruptive, low cost and highly efficient Noise Mitigation System for reducing MRE installation noise and turbidity impacts on underwater ecosystems: SEALENCE

Programme(s): HORIZON.3.1 - The European Innovation Council (EIC) MAIN PROGRAMME

Topic(s): HORIZON-EIC-2022-ACCELERATOROPEN-01 - EIC Accelerator Open

Call for proposal: HORIZON-EIC-2022-ACCELERATOR-01

Funding Scheme: HORIZON-AG - HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based

Grant agreement ID: 190113059

Objective:

For offshore windfarms or coastal foundations, pile driving technique is often used. But it generates a high level of noise, which severly damages - up to death - marine mammals, fishes and other species. Noise Mitigation Systems (NMS) exist but with limits : high price, weak acoustic efficiency, bad behavior with current, waves and depth... To fill these gaps, we develop an innovative and eco-designed NMS : the SSQ® Pile Driving. It is based on the disruptive membrane Sub Sea Quieter® (inflatable panels of 3D woven fabric, coated and sealed to insure acoustic efficiency) resulting from 5 years of R&D. Designed like a sock deployed closest and around the pile thanks to a clever manutention system, it aims at becoming the NMS technical reference by its very high acoustic mitigation efficiency, turbidity containment, its cost up to 5 to 10 times cheaper than existing NMS, with no any extra vessel or crane and its adaptability to the most severe site conditions (waves, curent, depth...).