OEM Vestas has locked up a third order from a framework deal with the Rusnano-Fortum joint venture, for a 99MW wind project in the Rostov region of Russia.

The deal, for 26 of the turbine-maker’s V126-3.45MW machines, takes Vestas' footprint to date in the country to almost 350MW, coming on the back of 50MW and 198MW batches awarded to the group last