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Floatgen demonstrator ideol

Floatgen

France's first offshore wind turbine and BW Ideol's first unit

IN OPERATION SINCE 2018

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  • Capacity: 2 MW (Vestas V80)
  • Installation site: SEM-REV test site at Le Croisic (France)
  • Water depth: 33 metres
  • Key role: Conception, construction, installation, operation & maintenance

NEDO floater japan ideol

Hibiki

BW Ideol's second unit

IN OPERATION SINCE 2018

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  • Capacity: 3 MW
  • Installation site: Kitakyushu
  • Water depth: 55 meters
  • Key role: Design & engineering of the floater

Eolmed Ideol

EOLMED Project

A pre-commercial project of 3 units

Construction : 2022-2025

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  • Capacity: 30 MW
  • Installation site: Occitanie (France)
  • Water depth: 55 metres
  • Key role: Design & engineering of the floaters, co-development of the project

Ardesier Harbour

Buchan Offshore Wind (ScotWind)

FIRST FLOATING PROJECT AS CO-DEVELOPER

Commercial-scale project under development

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  • Capacity: 960 MW
  • Installation site: Scotland (NE8)
  • Water depth: 75 - 110 metres
  • Key role: Co-development of the project

Map of Fos-sur-Mer facilities

Mass Production and Manufacturing Line

An Innovative Project to Meet Demand in the Mediterranean

The local production of concrete floating foundations, located near the future floating wind farm sites, is a strategic lever to reduce both the cost and carbon footprint of the substructures, while maximizing the socio-economic benefits for the local regions.

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  • Installation site: Fos-sur-Mer
  • Key role: Conception and construction

BW Ideol

Mediterranean (AO6)

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  • Capacity: 2 X 250 MW
  • Water depth: 60 to 130 m
  • Key role: Floating Foundations conception

BW Ideol & Taiya

Taiwan

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  • Capacity: Pilot (50MW) and commercial-scale projects
  • Key role: Co-development of the project

BW Ideol Japan

Japanese projects

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  • Capacity: Multi-GW
  • Key role: Co-development

Iberian Peninsula - DR

Iberian Peninsula

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  • Capacity: Multi-GW
  • Key role: Co-development of projects

BW Ideol floating wind farm

Other pre-commercial & commercial-scale projects

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  • Capacity: Multi-GW
  • Installation site: Across the globe
  • Water depth: 50 to 200 meters

Floatech

FLOATECH R&D project

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Piaff & Co

PIAFF&CO R&D PROJECT

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Velella

Velella R&D project

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Quotes  

We expect to have about 40 gigawatts in service in 2050 in France, no less than fifty parks in 2050

  • Emmanuel Macron
  • French President

Floating wind has a key role to play to achieve countries’ renewable energy targets

  • Giles Dickson
  • CEO of Wind Europe

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Corporate and projects updates

Sea

BW Ideol Congratulates its Partners EDF Renewables and Maple Power, Winners of the Mediterranean Tender (AO6)

The project company Eoliennes Méditerranée Grand Large, owned by the EDF Renewables and Maple Power consortium, has won the tender to design, construct, operate, and decommission a future floating offshore wind farm of approximately 250 MW, located 25 km off the French Mediterranean coast near Fos-sur-Mer.

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concrete

BW Ideol and Holcim to optimize the supply of low-carbon concrete for offshore wind in Scotland

BW Ideol, a global leader in floating offshore wind, and Holcim, a global leader in innovative and sustainable building solutions, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a feasibility study on supplying beneficial low-carbon concrete for the floating offshore wind industry, with particular reference to Scotland.

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BW Ideol

Floatgen’s lifetime extended for another 5 years as its cumulated production surpassed 30 GWh

BW Ideol is pleased to announce that Floatgen's operations, originally scheduled for 5 years, are able to be extended for an additional 5 years. This announcement comes on the heels of Floatgen surpassing the 30 GWh electricity threshold, underscoring the robustness of BW Ideol's design.

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