State-owned nuclear group Rosatom via its OTEK unit has chosen Dutch wind turbine manufacturer Lagerwey as partner to help it develop a 610MW onshore wind pipeline by creating a joint venture this year and transferring technology to the Russian company to satisfy strict local content rules.

“Here we speak of the formation of [an] entirely new industry in Russia,” said Kirill Komarov, first deputy director general at Rosatom.

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