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On 5 January 2024, Aker Solutions signed a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract with the Marine Energy Test Centre (METCentre) to pilot its Subsea Collector subsea power system, which will provide shared 66 kV wet-mate connection and subsea switchgear infrastructure and a static export cable to shore for the planned expansion of the Karmøy offshore test area from two to seven floating wind turbines from 2026, with installation to be carried out by the Windstaller Alliance (Aker Solutions, DeepOcean and Solstad Offshore).