# Windar, Rusnano and Severstal open turbine tower factory in Taganrog

Spanish company Windar Renovables and Russian partners Rusnano and Severstal have opened a plant in Taganrog, Rostov region, for manufacturing wind turbine towers. The investment was about $12 million, and the factory will produce towers for up to 300 MW of onshore wind capacity per year after 2020.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-12-14
- Where: Taganrog, Rostov region, Russia
- Value: $12.0M
- Starts operating: 2020
- Status: completed
- Capacity: towers for up to 300 MW of onshore wind capacity per year
- Products: wind turbine towers
- Sectors: [Power Generation Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/power-generation-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Windar Renovables](https://endata.com/companies/34320.md)
- [WRS Towers](https://endata.com/companies/36182.md)
- [Severstal](https://endata.com/companies/1170.md) (partner)
- [Rusnano](https://endata.com/companies/28225.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [russiabusinesstoday.com](https://russiabusinesstoday.com/infrastructure/spains-windar-russias-wrs-open-turbine-towers-factory-in-rostov-region/), 2018-12-14: "The launch of the first steel tower production plant, one of the key components of the wind turbine, is a historic event for Russian energy and mechanical engineering."

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