Floatgen
France's first offshore wind turbine and BW Ideol's first unitIN OPERATION SINCE 2018
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Floating is the future of offshore wind
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The most compact dimensions of any floating technology
A barge-type floater compatible with all today's and tomorrow's offshore wind turbines, with a simplified quay-side installation, operable at depths starting 30 m to accommodate complex seabed conditions
The highest level of local content and local employment
A floating foundation buildable in steel or concrete offering multiple construction and launching methods in order to guarantee the highest level of local content near the project site
A simplified quay-side installation
Towing of a quay-side precommissionned floating offshore wind turbine to the installation site using ready available and lower cost vessels
A cost-competitive and bankable technology
A cost-reduction at each step of the process (from design to construction, installation, operation and decommissioning) in order to lower the final cost of energy
An easily scalable technology
BW Ideol’s adaptable serial construction and launching methods enable the delivery and installation of at least 25 units per year, at a price corresponding to the cost reduction trajectory expected by the market.
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Projects
From concept to reality
- 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
- Capacity: 3 MW
- Installation site: Kitakyushu
- Water depth: 55 meters
- Key role: Design & engineering of the floater
- Capacity: 30 MW
- Installation site: Occitanie (France)
- Water depth: 55 metres
- Key role: Design & engineering of the floaters, co-development of the project
Other pre-commercial & commercial-scale projects
Explore- Capacity: Multi-GW
- Installation site: Across the globe
- Water depth: 50 to 200 meters
SPECIALTY OFFSHORE ENGINEERING SERVICES
Our integrated team has been able to develop, engineer and manage the successful execution of floating wind substructures.
These advanced capabilities are of great potential value to other sectors of offshore wind developments: besides the obvious foundations, they also cover the areas of cables and vessel operations that are relevant for the main target groups including asset owners/operators, vessel operators and cable lay contractors.