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IDEOL and Hitachi Zosen partner up

4C Offshore | Lewis Holdsworth
By: Lewis Holdsworth 10/03/2015 Ideol
IDEOL, a fast-growing French start-up specialized in floating foundations for the offshore wind industry, and Hitachi Zosen (Hitz), a major Japanese industrial and engineering company, have signed an agreement for the design, the engineering and the construction of floating offshore wind turbines in Japan using IDEOL’s patented « Damping Pool » solution.

Accelerating the construction and installation of floating offshore wind farms is a strategic necessity for Japan’s energy mix and dramatically reducing the LCOE of such farms before the end of this decade has become one of the METI’s (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) top priorities. In this respect, Hitz and IDEOL have entered into a partnership agreement to offer a cost-competitive and global solution in order to support these efforts.


"We are extremely pleased that one of the most strategic and knowledgeable markets for floating offshore wind has identified IDEOL’s game-changing solution as the one most likely to dramatically reduce the LCOE of commercial wind farms. Benefiting from the experience of a leading corporation such as Hitz is a great honor for our young company. It clearly demonstrates our technology’s adaptability to very challenging sea and weather conditions as well as our company’s ability to compete in a global market
! announced Paul de la Guérivière, IDEOL’s CEO.

About IDEOL :
IDEOL, based in La Ciotat (France), was created in 2010 with the aim of developing both technically AND economically viable floating foundation solutions for the offshore wind industry. Recipient of numerous innovation and entrepreneurship awards, the company benefits from the support of a large and prestigious panel of public and private investors.

About Hitz
: HITACHI ZOSEN (Hitz) is a leading Japanese corporation with high levels of expertise in design and construction of floating structures such as Osaka’s Yunemai Bridge (the world’s first floating swing bridge completed in 2000) and GPS buoys for the real time offshore measurement of tsunamis. It has been involved in the development of floating offshore wind power generation since 2004.

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