Hitachi Zosen And Ideol Officialize The Start Of Their Floaters Construction In Japan

Less than a month after the official launch of Ideol’s first demonstrator (Floatgen), Hitachi Zosen and Ideol have signed a contract launching the construction phase of their 2 floating offshore wind turbines. This second contract follows the achievement of the design & engineering phase which started a year ago.

These 2 floaters will be each manufactured with different materials (concrete and steel), will be equipped with different wind turbines and will be anchored using different mooring line materials.

The construction of these 2 floaters is the result of an extensive year-long collaboration between Hitachi Zosen’s and Ideol’s design and engineering teams, successfully meeting all the stringent ClassNK requirements in the process.