Samso
Located ~4 km south of Samso island in the Kattegat. Originally known as Paludan Flak.
Status
Operationallifecycle stage
Ownership
WEWind Estate A/S — 90% ◆
SCSamsoe community cooperative (residual) — 10% ◆
Location
DenmarkKattegat
Technology
Capacity
23 MW ◆
Turbines
10 × 2.3 MW ◆
Foundation
—
Site & conditions
Site rights
Seabed rights held ∴
Water depth
12–18 m ◆
Distance from shore
4 km ◆
Wind speed
9.4 m/s @ 100 m ≈
Revenue & grid
Offtake
FiT ◆
Grid
Not recorded ◆
Connection
30 kV offshore transformer to 60 kV onshore (Samsø local grid) ◆
Schedule
FID
Taken · date not recorded ∴
COD
2003 ◆
Project timeline verified milestones only — each date carries its provenance mark
Dashed tick marks today (13 Oct 2026).
Revenue & offtake the regime the project was built under
Offtake regime on record
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 since2003
Construction ports
PortBallen Harbour ∅
Sources & verification
Rests on 11 sources (6 primary) · ◆ 3 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]
Energistyrelsen2001-12-13◆ Etableringstilladelse - Samso Havvindmoe…
“Energistyrelsen skal hermed i henhold til § 16, stk. 1, i lovbekendtgørelse nr. 767 af 28. august 2001 om elforsyning meddele Samsø Havvind A/S godkendelse til den ansøgte etablering af 10 vindmøller …”
supportsConsentTurbinesTotal capacityStatusConnection point+3 more
[2]
Energistyrelsen2025-06-03◆ Tilladelse til forlaengelse af elprodukt…
“Energistyrelsen giver hermed tilladelse til forlængelse af Wind Estate A/S's elproduktionstilladelse. Dette medfører, at Wind Estate kan drive elproduktionsanlægget bestående af 10 møller i Samsø Havv…”
supportsFinal investment decisionCommercial operationSite rightsTurbinesTotal capacity
[10]
Energistyrelsen (Danish Energy Agency)2021-10-29
"Stamdataregister for vindkraftanlaeg" / "Master data register for wind turbines". Sheet "IkkeAfmeldte-Existing turbines", columns "Turbine identifier (GSRN) | Date of original connection to grid | Ca…
supportsTurbinesUnit capacity
Operator3
[3]
Offshore Wind Biz2025-06-03
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsCommercial operationTurbinesTotal capacity
[4]
Samsø Posten (archived at Energiinstituttet)2002
“Andele sælges i havvindmølle syd for Samsø. 3150,- andel. mindste pris i 10 år på 43 øre/kWh.”
supportsMechanismDetail
[9]
OEM1
[11]
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (conference deck)2018-01-25◆ SGRE offshore sales deck 2018 (installed…
“Installed offshore fleet list, Denmark: "Samsoe: 10x SWT-2.3-82 2002". (SGRE retro-designation of the Bonus-built hardware; cited as corroboration of the machine, not of the brand. The deck is dated 2…”
supportsTurbines
Trade press4
[7]
Energy-Supply.dk2018
“Nu overdrages Samsø Havvind og 9 ud af 10 havvindmøller til Wind Estate A/S”
supportsoperatorowner
[8]
[12]
Maritime Danmark2016
"Samsoe Havvind maa udskifte havareret moelle" — the Danish Energy Agency permits Samsoe Havvind A/S to replace "moelle nummer 7" in "Paludan Flak havmoellepark ved Samsoe"; "Moellen havarerede i nove…
supportsBackground
[13]
Maritime Danmark2016
“De ni tilbagevaerende havmoeller i Paludan Flak syd for Samsoe er nu igen ved at blive sat i drift.”
supportsBackground