Rosatom plans to start work on Far East wind farms at end-2026, commissioning in 2027-2029

MOSCOW. July 22 (Interfax) - Rosatom State Corporation plans to start building wind farms in the Far East at the end of this year, CEO Alexei Likhachev told reporters.

"We are already launching construction of the Primorye nuclear plant in the Far East, with commissioning scheduled for the early 2030s. Simultaneously, we plan to begin construction of wind farms with a total capacity of approximately 400 MW in the same region," he said.

"The main construction will begin at the end of this year, with phased commissioning planned for 2027-2029," Likhachev said.

Rosatom Renewable Energy, the state corporation's wind power division, commissioned the second stage of the Novolakskaya Wind Farm with capacity of 147.5 MW in Dagestan on Wednesday. The farm's overall capacity rises to 300 MW.

Grigory Nazarov, CEO of Rosatom Renewable Energy, added that the company plans to build a wind farm in the Far East within the next two years. "The next task for the next two years is the Far East, where there is a substantial electricity shortage. The Energy Ministry has set the goal of implementing a significant volume of renewable energy within a short timeframe. This is our main goal," Nazarov said.

Nazarov also said that construction of Rosatom's first foreign wind farm is planned to begin this year in Kyrgyzstan.

Rosatom Renewable Energy, formerly NovaWind, is a division of Rosatom responsible for developing wind energy in Russia. The company's overall portfolio exceeds 2 GW of wind power capacity, including 1.3 GW of already commissioned wind farms.