# Vestas blade factory in Ulyanovsk, Russia nears completion

Vestas' new blade manufacturing plant in Ulyanovsk, Russia, is about 60% complete with a RUB 1 billion ($14.3 million) investment. It will produce about 300 blades per year for the 3MW platform, starting production in early 2019, and create over 200 jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-09-10
- Where: Ulyanovsk, Russia
- Value: $14.3M
- Jobs: 200
- Starts operating: Jan 2019
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 300 blades per year
- Products: wind turbine blades
- Sectors: [Power Generation Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/power-generation-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Vestas](https://endata.com/companies/1364.md)
- [Rusnano](https://endata.com/companies/28225.md) (partner)
- [Consortium of Investors of Ulyanovsk Oblast](https://endata.com/companies/34257.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [windpowermonthly.com](https://www.windpowermonthly.com/article/1492374/vestas-russian-blade-making-plant-nears-completion), 2018-09-10: "Construction of the RUB 1 billion (US$14.3 million) facility has already started and is about 60% complete, according to RAWI."

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