Fortum and RDIF team up on Russian solar project
Published by Sarah Smith,
Assistant Editor
Energy Global,
Fortum and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) will build a 116 MW solar power plant in Kalmykia in Southern Russia. The project will be implemented by the recently established joint venture between Fortum and RDIF, which already has 350 MW of wind power plants in the Ulyanovsk and Rostov regions.
The solar power plant is estimated to be commissioned in its full scale in 2Q2022. The first construction phase of 78 MW is expected to be commissioned in 4Q2021 and the remaining 38 MW in 2022.
In line with its strategy Fortum aims to grow a sizable portfolio of onshore wind and solar based power generation. Fortum is one of the largest players on the renewable energy market in Russia with a portfolio of 2 GW of wind and solar power parks and development projects, together with its joint ventures. 670 MW of this capacity is operational.
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