BW Ideol is a leader in floating
foundations for offshore wind.

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BW Ideol is a leader in floating offshore wind technology. Floating offshore wind allows access to deeper waters, more space, and stronger wind resources. With its patented floating foundation, the Damping Pool®, BW Ideol delivers cutting-edge solutions and proven expertise. The company is a trusted technological provider and a successful co-developer.

In February 2021, BW Offshore became a strategic owner of Ideol S.A., creating a renewable energy company named BW Ideol with market-leading capabilities based on proven technology developed in-house.

BW Ideol is a fully integrated platform in floating offshore wind with more than 13 years of experience from design, execution and development of floating wind projects based on Ideol S.A.’s patented floating offshore, the Damping Pool ®, wind technology and engineering capabilities. The company has a dual-leg growth strategy as a floater EPCI and maintenance services provider, and as a wind-farm project developer and co-owner. BW Ideol has two full-scale offshore floating wind turbines in operation in France and Japan, a significant project pipeline, and is supported by BW Offshore’s extensive experience from developing and operating offshore energy production systems.

Ideol’s floating foundation construction methods


BW IDEOL in numbers


80+
staff
90%
specialist engineers
5
patents