Middelgrunden
Located on Middelgrunden shoal 3.5 km east of Copenhagen harbour, Oresund strait.
Status
Operationallifecycle stage
Ownership
HOFOR — 50% ◆MWMiddelgrunden Wind Turbine Cooperative — 50% ◆
Location
DenmarkØresund
Technology
Capacity
40 MW ◆
Turbines
20 × 2 MW ◆
Model
Bonus B76 2000 ◇
Foundation
GBS ◆
Site & conditions
Site rights
Seabed rights held ∴
Water depth
10–14 m ≈
Wind speed
8.2 m/s @ 100 m ≈
Revenue & grid
Offtake
FiT ∅
Grid
No agreement ◆
Connection
Amagerværket (30 kV, 40 MVA subsea cable) ◆
Schedule
FID
Taken · date not recorded ∴
COD
Jan 2001 ◆
Project timeline verified milestones only — each date carries its provenance mark
Dashed tick marks today (13 Oct 2026).
Announced-COD history: 2001-Q1→2001-01 · 2 recorded revisions · held within the year (first announced 2001-Q1, latest 2001-01)
Revenue & offtake the regime the project was built under
Offtake regime: PSO tariff (feed-in, pre-tender era)
RegimePSO tariff (feed-in, pre-tender era)
InstrumentFiT
A built project sells its power under the contract or support regime it was financed with; it is not expected to bid into new government offtake rounds. Where the record does not yet name that regime, the row says so rather than guessing.
Installation how the build is going · from sourced statements and Hafrok’s registers
Installation complete
Installation · on record
StageOperational
In operation since2001-01
Construction ports
PortCopenhagen Nordhavn ~4km ∅
Sources & verification
Rests on 8 sources (3 primary) · ◆ 4 documents held
◆Verified≈Modelled◇Sourced∴Inferred⌁Convention○Unverified∅No source·Derived
Numbers are stable citation ids — grouped by source class, so they are not consecutive.
Regulator3
[1]
Energistyrelsen1999-12-13◆ Godkendelse af projektet ved Middelgrund…
“Det ansøgte projekt er en vindmøllepark bestående af 20 vindmøller med en samlet effekt på mellem 33 og 40 MW placeret mellem 1,4 - og 3,5 km fra Københavns kyst opstillet i en bue med et cirkelslag p…”
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[2]
Energistyrelsen2025-06-26◆ Tilladelse til forlaengelse af elprodukt…
“Middelgrunden Havvindmøllepark består af 20 vindmøller, hvoraf vindmøllerne nr. 1-10 er ejet af HOFOR. Elproduktionstilladelsen til vindmøllerne nr. 1-10 i Middelgrunden Havvindmølleparkblev meddelt d…”
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Energistyrelsen (Danish Energy Agency)◆ Eksisterende havvindmølleparker
“Der er tale om et samarbejde mellem Middelgrundens Vindmøllelaug og Københavns Energiselskab (i dag Ørsted), som underskrev kontrakter for cirka 330 millioner kroner den 21. december 1999 med Bonus A/…”
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Trade press5
[3]
Offshore Wind Biz2018-11◆ Copenhagen Offshore Landmark to Get a Ne…
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
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[4]
Power Technology2024
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
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