The owners of Marine Energy Test Centre (Metcentre) have increased the share capital of the test centre.
After the capital increase, the owners of Metcentre are Rogaland County (35%), Statoil (35%), Haugaland Kraft (13%), Municipality of Karmøy (8%), Polytec research foundation (5%) and others (4%).
Chairman of the board, Gunnar Birkeland says: “This capital increase is very important for the company. We are collaboration with several technology developers who are planning full-scale test and demonstration of their offshore wind technology. This capital extension makes it possible for Metcentre to have a stronger involvement in these projects and to attract new projects.”