History and core values
Since 2010, from the very moment the company was founded, we have considered that floating wind is the future of offshore wind. An obvious potential , but a sizeable challenge.
BW Ideol is a leading fully integrated platform in floating offshore wind with more than 10 years of experience from design, execution and development of floating wind projects based on Ideol S.A.'s patented floating offshore wind technology and engineering capabilities. The company has a dual-leg growth strategy as a floater EPCI and maintenance services provider and as a wind-farm project developer and co-owner. BW Ideol has two full-scale offshore floating wind turbines in operation in France and Japan, a significant project pipeline, and is supported by BW Offshore’s extensive experience from developing and operating offshore energy production systems.
- 2010 Year of creation
- Staff of 70+ An experienced and multidisciplinary team
- 90% specialist engineers Structure, Aero-hydrodynamics...
- 5 patents supporting Damping Pool® technology
- 9 international awards Entrepreneurship and innovation awards
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Expertise
The multidisciplinary teams allow BW Ideol to provide its clients with a unique combination of expertise.
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To succeed in its mission, BW Ideol's management team relies on innovative talents and high-level industry experts.
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Corporate and projects updates
BW Ideol teams up with Elawan Energy for multi-GW floating offshore wind projects in the Iberian Peninsula
BW Ideol has signed a Head of Terms with Elawan Energy, an ORIX company based in Spain, for the joint development of a multi-GW floating offshore wind pipeline off Spain and Portugal, subject to further negotiation of the final agreement between the Parties.
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BW Ideol entered into exclusive negotiations to raise € 40 million from ADEME Investissement to co-fund the growth of its project development activities
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Floatgen achieves continuous capacity factor of nearly 60%
BW Ideol is pleased to announce continuously strong operational results from its 5-year-old Floatgen demonstrator, showing a capacity factor of nearly 60% over the last three months and a production of 25GWh since its 2018 commissioning.
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