Middelgrunden

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 satellite counts and Hafrok’s registers

Satellite survey

the farm as it stands, counted from satellite radar images · built before the count began, so there is no build to chart

Satellite survey

Structures standing5≈20 turbines + 0 platforms expected · 15 fewer than expected — small or closely spaced early turbines fall below the radar threshold or merge into one return

Surveyed2026-09-02≈from 107 satellite passes

Built2001-01offshore construction to start of operation, from the record

Hafrok counts the structures standing in the sea from satellite radar images (≈) and reads the count against the turbines and platforms on record. The farm was built before this count began, so the images show it complete; they cannot date its construction. Rows marked with a dot (·) come from Hafrok’s own registers.

Satellite image

Image taken2026-09-08≈Copernicus Sentinel-1 radar satellite, southbound pass

Farm covered100%≈the whole farm lies inside the image

Structures ringed5 confirmed · 0 not yet confirmed≈as counted on 2026-09-02 · the image is newer than the count, so a bright spot without a ring may be a structure not yet counted

Construction ports

PortCopenhagen Nordhavn ~4km ∅

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026, processed by ESA and by Microsoft Planetary Computer.

Latest satellite radar image · 2026-09-08

a radar picture, not a photograph: the sea is dark, steel is bright · black is beyond the edge of the image

confirmed structure (5)seen recently, not yet confirmed (0)probably a substation platform (a larger structure than a turbine; the register above has the facts)farm boundary

Satellite radar image over Middelgrunden, 2026-09-08

Sources & verification

9/17 fields verified · 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…”

supportsownerConsentFinal investment decisionOnshore constructionSite rights+6 more

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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…”

supportsoperatorFirst powerCommercial operationCOD history

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[8]

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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