Almost 400MW of the total was awarded to solarprojects, Aser head Anton Usachev told Recharge.  Just over 100MWwent to wind power ventures.

“From our point of view, the auction was quite successful,”Usachev said.

Avelar Energy – a unit of Russian investment groupRenova – won most of the solar bids, Usachev said.

The projects are scheduled for construction from 2014 to1017.

Usachev added that a new tender for the 2015 to 2018period is due to be held in June 2014.

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