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A floating barge

FOR OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES

Damping Pool® : a patented technology that optimizes the stability and performance of the floating wind turbine, even in extreme conditions.

A floating barge

for offshore substations

BW Ideol is developing an universal floating substation based on the Damping Pool® concept, in partnership with Hitachi ABB Power Grids. This substation will fit for both bottom-fixed and floating offshore wind farms starting at depths of 40 meters.

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BW Ideol's floating wind technology

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

Construction éolienne offshore Ideol

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

offshore wind turbine BW Ideol

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

Floatgen towing

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

BW Ideol's floater series production

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

Floatgen demonstrator ideol

Floatgen

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

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

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Hibiki

BW Ideol's second demonstrator

IN OPERATION SINCE 2018

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  • Capacity: 3 MW
  • Installation site: Kitakyushu
  • Water depth: 55 meters

Eolmed Ideol

EOLMED Project

A pre-commercial project of 3 units

Construction : 2022-2023

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  • Capacity: 30 MW
  • Installation site: Occitanie (France)
  • Water depth: 55 metres

BW Ideol floating wind farm

Pre-commercial & commercial-scale projects

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  • Capacity: Multi-GW
  • Installation site: Across the globe
  • Water depth: 50 to 100 meters
All our projects

SPECIALTY OFFSHORE ENGINEERING SERVICES

Our integrated team has been able to develop, engineer and manage the successful execution of floating wind substructures.

 

Ideol's floating wind technology
BW Ideol's floating wind technology

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.

Quotes  

BW Ideol-designed pioneering prototype sets out for two-year test deployment in another step forward for fast-emerging floating wind sector

  • Andrew Lee
  • Recharge News

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

  • Giles Dickson
  • CEO of Wind Europe