Vestas has exported a first batch of turbine blades from a manufacturing facility in Russia.

The 48 components were shipped from the plant in Ulyanovsk, jointly set up by Russian entities Rusnano and the Ulnanotech centre, to Denmark.

Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Yuri Borisov attended an event to mark the milestone.

Borisov said: “This event is important not only for the renewable energy sector, but also for our country’s economy as a whole.

“Such projects also need to be replicated and we have supported and will continue to support the creation of high-tech industries in this area.

“The Government of the Russian Federation supports the development of renewable energy given the importance of the development of renewable power engineering, as well as the development of industrial competencies and ensuring the export of high-tech equipment and services in the industry in the future.”

Ulyanovsk Oblast governor Sergey Morozov said the region “intends to further develop not only production capacities in the region, but also build new wind parks”.

These include plans to build another 250MW of wind capacity, he said.

To date 435MW of wind is operational in Russia and 300MW is under construction across the country, Morozov added.