Chinese power giant Dongfang Electric is planning to invest up to RUB78bn in several projects in collaboration with Rus Hydro’s Vostoka subsidiary, including the construction of a gas-turbine power unit at the Vladivostok power plant; the fixing, technical upgrade and renovation of the plant’s existing generating units and of the wider Far Eastern power service complex; and the development of solar energy in the Yakutia region. Vostoka already has four projects in progress in the Far East, including the construction of plants in Yakutia, Blagoveshchensk, on Sakhalin island and in Sovetskaya Gavan. RIA Novosti