Floating is the future of offshore wind

Solutions

A unique floating wind development platform

with a credible track record

One of the few companies with over 14 years of engineering, project execution and maintenance experience in floating wind, founded on extensive offshore project development capabilities.

A winning project co-developer

A floating barge

FOR OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES

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

Our competitive advantages

A universal floating solution

Ready for mass production

BW Ideol now offers a standardized floating foundation product based on the Damping Pool® solution. This universal floating foundation is optimized for all metocean conditions prevailing on the main floating wind markets (with 3 product classes adapted to different environmental conditions) and compatible with all 15 MW+ wind turbines currently available.

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A floating barge

for offshore substations

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

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Projects

From concept to reality

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Floatgen demonstrator

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

A 2MW floating wind turbine 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
  • Key role: Conception, construction, installation, operation & maintenance

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Hibiki

BW Ideol's second unit

Typhoon-proven since 2018, now in commercial operation off Japan Coast

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

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EOLMED Project

A pre-commercial project of 3 units

In operation since May 2026, EOLMED is 3 x 10 MW turbines wind farms on Damping Pool® technology floaters in the French Mediterranean.

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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

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Buchan Offshore Wind (ScotWind)

FIRST FLOATING PROJECT AS CO-DEVELOPER

960 MW Commercial-scale co-developed by BW Ideol, BayWa r.e. and Elicio

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

Wind turbines in the Mediterranean (Eolmed project)

Méditerranée Grand Large [AO6]

Commercial project from the French "AO6" tender

A 230 to 280 MW floating wind farm 25 km off the Mediterranean coast.

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  • Capacity: Between 230 and 280 MW
  • Installation site: 25km off Fos-sur-Mer
  • Water depth: 60 to 130 m
  • Key role: Floating Foundations conception and Co-developer
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.