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BW Ideol Unveils Mass Production-Ready Floating Wind Foundation

The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on offshoreWIND.biz.

This is the sub-heading.

France-based BW Ideol has unveiled its standardised floating foundation product and a blueprint for mass production that could drive costs down across projects.

This is the first paragraph.

With over 22 GW already awarded in Scotland, around 8 GW in the US, and several GW currently being awarded or in the tendering phase elsewhere in the world, the floating wind is now entering an industrialization phase, said BW Ideol.

It looks like the French have come up with a solution that’s needed.

These are previous posts about BW Ideol.

• BW Ideol And Holcim To Explore Use of Low-Carbon Concrete In Floating Offshore Wind
• BW Ideol, ABP To Explore Serial Production Of Floating Wind Foundations At Port Talbot

There is also this video of proposed serial production of BW Ideol floaters at the Port of Ardersier.

This Google Map show the area of Scotland to the North-East of Inverness Airport.

Note.

1. Inverness Airport indicated by the red arrow.
2. Ardersier village in the middle of the map on the bay.
3. Fort George is at the North end of the bay.

The Port of Ardersier is the large slab of concrete in the North-East corner of the map, the Carse of Ardersier marked below it.

BW Ideol are claimining they can build one floater a week or one GW a year.

April 26, 2024 - Posted by AnonW | Energy | BW Ideol, Floating Wind Power, Offshore Wind Power, Port Of Ardersier, Port Talbot, Wind Power