Ideol and Bridon-Bekaert Ropes Group (BBRG) have entered a strategic partnership to develop a new synthetic mooring solution for the floating offshore wind market.
According to the parties, the goal is to meet the floating offshore wind market’s cost reduction, capacity and lead-time expectations.
“Mooring solutions and offshore installation have a significant impact on a project’s CAPEX and OPEX and it is imperative for IDEOL to leverage its pioneering efforts with synthetic mooring and further reduce the LCOE of floating wind,” said Paul de la Guérivière , CEO of Ideol.
“Since our day 1 interaction with Ideol, we realized that applying existing oil & gas cable technology leads to unnecessary high system cost. Today, we are proud to be at a point where we can convert all our cumulated application insights into the development of a custom rope concept fit for the specific operating environment of floating wind,” added John Churchfield , CTO of Bridon-Bekaert Ropes Group.
As a reminder, Ideol teamed up with Elicio and BayWa r.e. to submit proposals for the ScotWind offshore wind leasing.
This new partnership with Bridon-Bekaert is expected to take advantage of BBRG’s presence and production capabilities in Scotland in light of the upcoming ScotWind tenders and future floating offshore wind farms.