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LOC Renewables Acquires Stake in INNOSEA

LOC Renewables, a part of LOC Group, has acquired a 70 percent stake in INNOSEA, the French marine energy engineering spin-off from Centrale Nantes. Theacquisition will see LOC Group build out its planning and design services to the offshore wind industry. 
LOC Renewables Acquires Stake in INNOSEA
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With a team of 25, INNOSEA offers a range of services to comprehensively support the development cycle of marine renewable technologies and projects, from concept studies and detailed engineering, to basin and sea trials, surveys and certification support. 

INNOSEA’s main areas of expertise include the design of fixed and floating substructures for the offshore wind, with all related hydrodynamic, metocean, structural, aeroelastic analyses. INNOSEA owns several software tools such as PREDIN, a dedicated offshore wind foundation integrated basic design commercial software. INNOSEA is also experienced in moorings, cable protection and cable analyses. 


Combined, LOC Renewables and INNOSEA will offer an array of services to support the offshore wind sector, ranging from the planning and permitting stages through to operation and maintenance of the completed farm.

INNOSEA will lead on services including site-specific wind turbine modeling, fixed and floating substructure design or package management and site surveys and investigations. Later on in the development cycle, LOC Renewables will take responsibility for services including Marine Warranty Surveys (MWS) during the transport and installation phases, cable installation and, in terms of long-term O&M management, vessel SIA/SSA and logistics design.

Hakim Mouslim, joint founder of INNOSEA, said, “This acquisition offers an exciting opportunity for both of our companies to accelerate our growth in the market, allowing us to extend the services we provide to our Clients and to deliver these globally together with LOC Renewables. In turn, our expertise and leadership in the early stages of project development will complement LOC’s existing offering.”

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