The first Russian domestic plant for the production of composite wind blades has opened in the Ulyanovsk region. The enterprise, which has started producing wind blades weighing more than 7.5 tons and about 50 meters long, is located on the former site of the Danish "Vestas".
Rusatom Wind Blades is part of Rosatom's composite division. The new plant will make a major contribution to the country's technological sovereignty and the development of alternative energy sources. Investments in the project amounted to more than 2 billion rubles. The head of the region, Alexey Russkikh, personally attended the launch of production, and he solemnly signed the first blade.
Currently, 290 people work here, and there will be more than 400 in total. Specialists were trained at the engineering center at Ulyanovsk Technical University. The plant's capacity at full load: up to 450 blades per year. Our region occupies a worthy place in the development of wind energy and the composite industry. Cooperation with Rosatom plays a large role. I thank the Director General of the State Corporation, Alexey Likhachev. We are also working together on the development of Dimitrovgrad.
According to the official, in January-November, the Ulyanovsk region took first place in the Volga Federal District in terms of the industrial production index and entered the top ten regions in the country.
This is not the first restart in 2024 in the Ulyanovsk region of enterprises that are important for the development of technological sovereignty. In particular, in June, one of the largest Russian plants for industrial paints and varnishes as part of the Litum Group was launched - it previously belonged to the Danish Hempel. The plant's products are used in shipbuilding, the chemical industry and other industries. And in October, the Ulyanovsk Machine Tool Plant was launched, which produces high-precision CNC machines - until the tightening of anti-Russian sanctions in 2022, it belonged to the Japanese-German DMG Mori.
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