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RUSSIA: Siemens Gamesa will supply 26 turbines to Enel’s Russian subsidiary for a 90MW project — the manufacturer’s first order in the country.<\/p>\n
It will provide Enel Russia with its SG 3.4-132 turbines for the 90MW Azovskaya wind farm in south-western Russia.<\/p>\n
The order builds on a preliminary agreement the two companies signed in 2017 for 291MW of turbines to be supplied at two Russian wind farms. Enel had won the capacity in a tender\u00a0in June<\/a>\u00a0of that year.<\/p>\n Part of the turbine components will be locally procured and assembled in accordance with Russia\u2019s localisation requirements, Siemens Gamesa stated.<\/p>\n Russian wind farms must include 65% local content, and 44% of turbine materials must be sourced locally, according to the Russian Association of the Wind Power Industry (RAWI).<\/p>\n Siemens Gamesa is one of several manufacturers setting up production facilities in\u00a0Russia<\/a>.<\/p>\n It signed a cooperation agreement with Siemens Gas Turbine Technologies to assemble wind turbine nacelles in the outskirts of St Petersburg\u00a0in September<\/a>.<\/p>\n Turbines are due to be delivered and installed at Azovskaya in 2020, and the project is due to be commissioned that same year.<\/p>\n