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Exploring low carbon concrete solutions for Scottish offshore wind farms

By: Chloe Emanuel 22/04/2024 BW Ideol

General Windfarms

Global BW Ideol, a global leader in floating offshore wind, and Holcim, a global leader in innovative and sustainable building solutions, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a feasibility study on supplying beneficial low-carbon concrete for the floating offshore wind industry, with particular reference to Scotland.

BW Ideol and Holcim aim to collaborate on optimising the supply of the innovative concrete needed for the intended mass production of BW Ideol’s floaters in the Port of Ardersier. Low-carbon concrete’s advantages as a building material for offshore wind farms include its durability in marine environments, its local availability and its comparatively lower carbon emissions.

The collaboration includes developing specific durable maritime low-carbon concrete mixes with enhanced mechanical performance perfectly suited to slipform application. This is part of Holcim’s ECOPact portfolio of innovative low-carbon solutions for sustainable construction. Holcim will leverage the research and products developed at its global Innovation Centre in France.

It will also seek to optimise and develop the local supply chain, in particular through Aggregate Industries, a Holcim subsidiary, one of the leading UK suppliers of construction materials.

“With this very relevant agreement with Holcim, we are taking another step in the industrialization of our floaters. By leveraging the expertise and experience of a world-class leader in construction materials, these joint investigations will enhance our capacity to secure our plans for serial production lines and enhance local content and carbon footprint, to the benefit of our partners and the floating wind industry,” said Paul de la Guérivière, CEO of BW Ideol.

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