Enel Green Power has started construction of the 90MW Azov wind farm in the Rostov region of southern Russia, marking the group’s first renewables project in the country.
The €132m project is expected online by the end of 2020 and will generate about 320 gigawatt-hours a year of electricity.
Enel Russia was awarded the Azov wind farm, along with the 201MW Murmansk project in the 2017 Russian government tender.
It will invest a further €273m in the 201MW project.
Enel Green Power head Antonio Cammisecra said: “With this new wind project, we are embarking upon our journey towards the creation of a renewable footprint in Russia.
“We are looking forward to producing energy with both our Russian wind farms, and we will continue scouting for new opportunities in this renewables-rich country.
“Moving ahead, we plan to further leverage on this wealth of resources and keep on fuelling Russia’s economy through an increasingly diversified generation mix.”