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Floatgen (2 MW) is in operation for more than 4 years off Le Croisic (Atlantic Coast) and has already produced more than 20 GWh. Learn more about this French premiere here. 

Floatgen is the first and still the only full-scale operating in France. Learn more about this project here. 

BW Ideol is involved in the most strategic markets with more than 3,4GW of substantiated pipeline of projects under development across Europe, Asia and the US. In Japan, we have the largest project pipeline with more than 2.2GW under development. Learn more about our projects in Japan here. 

To this day, Floatgen is the first offshore wind turbine installed in France and remains the only floating wind turbine in operation in France. In Japan, our technology is the first and only foreign technology implemented on a full-scale floating wind unit.

We were among the first to believe in concrete as the best construction material for floaters (Floatgen's floater has been built in concrete in Saint-Nazaire harbour) and we still think so ! Concrete - compared to steel - is the least polluting material, the least subject to price volatility, and the easiest to supply. DNV has recently published a report (conducted for JELSA) which indicates that "Concrete floaters come out on top in terms of cost, carbon-footprint and european serial production capabilities".
But that does not prevent us from being agile and manufacture our Damping Pool® in steel for pilot-scale projects or in countries with very mature steel and shipbuilding industries.

Picture credits : BW Ideol / Bouygues TP / Centrale Nantes

Thanks to concrete, BW Ideol's floating foundation offers multiple construction and launching methods to guarantee the highest level of local content near the project sites. Watch here the local benefits generated by the Floatgen project. 

Floatgen (France) and Hibiki (Japan) have both demonstrated that BW Ideol’s technology is not only universal but can perform, produce power and safely weather extreme conditions such as typhoons. BW Ideol has recently announced a record production day for Floatgen on Nov 7th 2022, this with an amazing average capacity factor of over 80% since Nov 1 & with waves of up to 4.5 meters.

Damping Pool® is the most compact floating foundation on the market. This compactness applies to the dimensions of the barge, whether in width or draft, and allows for access to more port facilities in order to built, launch and store the floating substructures as well as assemble and fit the wind turbines at quay.

Innovation is everywhere in our solution, and also in the mooring system. The use of synthetic fibers (as it's the case for the Floatgen project) reduces costs while being resistant in the long-term.

Picture credits : Bexco / Centrale Nantes

BW Ideol has gained an exclusive and long-term access to Ardersier Port (Scotland) for the manufacturing of concrete floaters. With this partnership, BW Ideol is the only company securing a unique access to a strategic asset, unlocking the bottleneck of port infrastructure availability in Scotland.

Picture credit : Ardesier Port Authority

On top of allowing a wind turbine quay-side installation, our barge-type technology meets the main challenges of O&M and MCR. 

The development of the Buchan Offshore Wind project has been allocated to BW Ideol, in partnership with BayWa & Elicio, within the framework of the ScotWind tender led by Crown Estate Scotland. BW Ideol is both positionned as a co-developer, but also as the technology provider of this 1GW project. 

BW Ideol and Hitachi Energy are developing an universal floating offshore substation for both bottom-fixed and floating offshore wind farms starting at depths of 40 meters.

In Japan, our technology is the first and only foreign technology implemented on a full-scale floating wind unit. Watch the record of the contruction & installation phase here. 

Picture credit : NEDO