Overview
- Holcim invested in BW Ideol and the firms agreed a strategic partnership to supply innovative materials to two BW Ideol fabrication lines in Southern France and Northeast Scotland.
- BW Ideol is co-developing the 960 MW Buchan floating wind project in the Scottish North Sea and holds a stake in a 270 MW project off France’s southern coast.
- Holcim highlights its patented lightweight structural low-carbon concrete and a local-for-local supply approach intended to support regional economies.
- BW Ideol’s chief executive argues European serial production of concrete floaters is necessary to deliver gigawatt-scale projects faster than steel semi-submersibles sourced from Asia.
- The size of Holcim’s minority stake was not disclosed, and the collaboration follows a 2024 MoU focused on low-carbon concrete supply for floating wind.