The wind parks are expected to be commissioned in the fourth quarter of 2022. The Finnish developer entered into an investment fund with Rusnano group on a parity basis in 2017 with the purpose of investing in Russian wind. The investment decision follows the signing of non-binding wider cooperation agreement between the Fortum-Rusnano wind investment fund and the Government of the Samara Region that envisages construction of wind parks with a total capacity of up to 300 MW in the region in 2022–2023. Executive vice president of Fortum’s Russia division Alexander Chuvaev said: “We are glad to expand the geography of our wind power production to the Samara region, one of the leading industrial centres of Russia.