Floating wind company BW Ideol is offering a standardized floating foundation product based on the Damping Pool solution in operation since 2018 in France and Japan.
With over 22 GW already awarded in Scotland, around 8 GW in the USA, and several GW being awarded or in the tendering phase elsewhere, floating wind is now entering an industrialization phase.
This floating foundation solution is optimised for all meteocean conditions prevailing on the main floating wind markets – with three product classes adapted to different environmental conditions.
All product classes are compatible with any wind turbines available with a capacity of over 15 MW with easy scalability for turbines with over 20 MW, when available. This standard product, according to the company, enables mass production by allowing multiple projects to be supplied from the same manufacturing line.
BW Ideol also unveiled its manufacturing line blueprint, easily scalable and replicable on multiple port infrastructures, for the mass production of concrete floating foundations. The blueprint will drive costs down across projects and provide developers with an early guarantee on price and delivery schedule.
“We believe that adopting an approach similar to that of wind turbine manufacturers is necessary: offering a single and standard product, suitable for all geographies and turbines available on the market, produced in series based on manufacturing line serving multiple projects, so that developers can truly commit and know where they are heading,” said Paul de la Guérivière, founder and CEO of BW Ideol.
