# Vestas to build wind turbine blade factory in Ulyanovsk, Russia

Vestas signed an investment agreement with the Ulyanovsk Region Development Corporation to construct a wind turbine blade factory in the Ulyanovsk region. The project will create about 200 jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-09-07
- Where: Ulyanovsk region, Russia
- Jobs: 200
- Status: announced
- Products: wind turbine blades
- Sectors: [Power Generation Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/power-generation-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Vestas Wind Systems](https://endata.com/companies/1013.md)
- [Ulyanovsk Region Development Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/26846.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [ulnanotech.com](https://www.ulnanotech.com/en/news/2017/september/the-first-russian-wind-farm-component-production-factory-will-be-launched-in-the-ulyanovsk-region.html), 2017-09-11: "We became the first region in Russia where the wind farm construction started. And now we will be the first who will launch component production."
- [w3.windfair.net](https://w3.windfair.net/wind-energy/news/26153-russia-vestas-blades-plant), 2017-09-14: "The project comprises creation of the production of components for wind turbines, namely blades for wind turbines."

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