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2024: Opening Russia's largest solar component plant. 30 billion rubles invested in it

At the end of January 2024, the launch of the largest plant in Russia for the production of silicon wafers for solar cells required to generate solar energy took place. We are talking about the enterprise "Encor," located in the Kaliningrad region on the territory of the industrial park "Chernyakhovsk."

The plant's capacity will allow it to produce up to 200 million silicon wafers every year, which will further create panels for generating up to 1.3 GW of solar energy per year. It was built with the support of the Industrial Development Fund for 2 years, its cost amounted to 30 billion rubles.

Plant "Encor" in the Kaliningrad region

In the future, in the first quarter of 2024, another plant will be commissioned, which will become the main consumer. It will already produce photovoltaic cells.

Co-chairman of the Association of Development of Renewable Power (ADRP) Viktor Vekselberg, commenting on the opening of the plant, said that the company has created more than 700 jobs for highly qualified specialists. The plant's products will help protect the industry from "market fluctuations," and solar power can solve the problem of energy shortages in industrial centers experiencing rapid growth, the entrepreneur said.

I am sure that the second plant will also be launched in the near future, will go into operation, a full-fledged platform for the development of alternative power will be created, - said Russian President Vladimir Putin, who launched production on January 25, 2024.

By the beginning of 2024, Russia is implementing a program to support the construction of generation based on renewable energy sources, usually wind, solar (plus small hydroelectric power plants). By 2035, the capacity of renewable energy sources in Russia should be 17 GW with current volumes of 6 GW.^[1]

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