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Advanced offshore testing in the North Sea.

Validate and derisk your concept, we offers one of the harshest environments for renewable energy technology – strong winds, high waves, and full exposure. Testing here ensures not only performance but robust safety standards for global deployment.

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Kongsberg Norcontrol

Karmøy Test Site

Enhancing Safety, Security and Coexistence for Offshore Wind Farms Kongsberg Norcontrol, a global leader in maritime domain awareness and surveillance solutions, is working with METCentre on projects to safeguard and support the growth of offshore wi...

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InternationalOctober 4, 2026

Sea Breeze wins METCentre Challenge

A shared data platform combining power quality measurements, metocean data and live operational information could make METCentre an even stronger test and learning arena for floating offshore wind.

September 4, 2026

TetraSpar towed inshore after five years of testing at METCentre

International

August 27, 2026

NOW and Taiwanese R&D giants sign strategic MoU at ONS

August 20, 2026