Moscow-based Avelar Solar Technology and LLC Solar Systems —  a unit of China's Harbin Power Equipment — were among several companies that won the rights to build 280MW of solar, according to a statement by ATS, Russia’s energy-market regulator.

Finland’s Fortum, meanwhile, won the rights to build a 35MW wind farm in Ulyanovsk Oblast.

In addition, the authorities auctioned off roughly 50MW of hydroelectric capacity.

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