The test centre will be backed with £6.04m ($9.3m) of funding from development body Scottish Enterprise.
Scottish energy minister Fergus Ewing granted consent for an offshore demonstration wind turbine with an installed capacity of up to 7MW.
The development for Samsung will test new designs and models of offshore turbines to increase their reliability and efficiency.
The approval was granted during a visit to Samsung in South Korea, by finance secretary John Swinney who welcomed the consent for the new development and the Scottish Enterprise funding to develop the project.
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