Floatgen
Located at SEM-REV test site off Le Croisic, Brittany. Demonstrated BW Ideol's patented Damping Pool concrete float technology.
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Capacity
2 MW ◆
Turbines
1 × 2 MW ◆
Model
Vestas V80 2-0 ◆
Foundation
Floating ◆
Site & conditions
Site rights
Seabed rights held ∴
Water depth
33–33 m ◆
Distance from shore
22 km ◆
Wind speed
8.5 m/s @ 100 m ≈
Revenue & grid
Offtake
Other ◆
Grid
Secured · 18 Sep 2018 ◆
Connection
SEM-REV test site export cable (Centrale Nantes) ◆
Schedule
FID
Taken · date not recorded ∴
COD
18 Sep 2018 ◆
Project timeline & ownership verified milestones on the spine · ownership from Hafrok's transactions record
5 dated milestones on the spine, each with its source · the ownership chain from Hafrok's transactions record · the developer's announced-COD history
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Revenue & offtake contract terms, price levels and the route to market
the contract terms on record · price over time in money of the day · the routes to market and the next visible round
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Installation how the build is going · from sourced statements and Hafrok's registers
construction status and turbines standing · vessel and port contracts · the grid connection and whether it is ready in time
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Sources & verification
Rests on 9 sources (6 primary) · ◆ 6 documents held
◆Verified≈Modelled◇Sourced∴Inferred⌁Convention○Unverified∅No source·Derived
Numbers are stable citation ids — grouped by source class, so they are not consecutive.
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[1]
BW Ideol2024◆ Floating platform | Offshore wind power
“2MW capacity with Vestas V80 turbine. BW Ideol's patented Damping Pool® floating foundation (concrete barge design), 36 meters wide, 7.5 meter draught, 6 synthetic fiber (nylon) mooring lines. Constru…”
supportsTurbinesModelUnit capacityTotal capacityFoundation
[2]
Centrale Nantes / SEM-REV2024◆ FLOATGEN - SEM-REV
“Power output: 2 MW. Model: Vestas V80. Rotor diameter: 80 meters. Floating concrete structure in square ring shape, 36 meters wide, 9.5 meters height (7.5 meter draft). Features Ideol's Damping Pool® …”
supportsTurbinesModelUnit capacityTotal capacityFoundation+5 more
[3]
BW Ideol2018-09-18◆ Floating wind demonstrator | Ideol
“The connection of the electricity export cable and a final series of tests carried out in recent days enabled the Floatgen wind turbine, which is installed 22 kilometres off Le Croisic (Loire-Atlantiq…”
supportsFinal investment decisionFirst powerCommercial operationCOD history
[5]
BW Ideol2016-06◆ The construction of Floatgen is official…
“Construction will get off the ground in September in Saint-Nazaire Port, where Bouygues Travaux Publics will build the floating foundation. ... The construction of Floatgen is officially underway ... …”
supportsOnshore constructionOffshore constructionSite rightsassembly
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Centrale Nantes / eoliennesenmer.fr (French state EMR portal)2021-11◆ Rapport de suivi environnemental SEM-REV…
“Un suivi obligatoire dans le cadre des exigences d'autorisation d'occupation du domaine public maritime (Arrêté n°2014/BPUP/001 du 13 janvier 2014) et de l’arrêté inter - préfectoral portant d’autoris…”
supportsConsentConsent granted
Trade press3
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