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 (9 Sep 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 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 standing4≈10 turbines + 0 platforms expected · 6 fewer than expected — small or closely spaced early turbines fall below the radar threshold or merge into one return
Surveyed2026-09-02≈from 115 satellite passes
Built2003offshore 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 ringed4 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
PortBallen Harbour ∅
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 (4)seen recently, not yet confirmed (0)probably a substation platform (a larger structure than a turbine; the register above has the facts)farm boundary
Sources & verification
13/17 fields verified · 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