Vestas has signed an agreement with the Ulyanovsk Regional Development Corp confirming that it is to set up a blade manufacturing facility in Russia.
The plant will be located in the Ulyanovsk region of the country.
Vestas is also planning to launch training programmes in cooperation with Ulyanovsk educational institutions for local people interested in working at the blade factory.
The Danish manufacturer is to supply turbines totalling up to 1GW to Finnish utility Fortum and local partner Rusnano for wind farms in Russia.
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