OREANDA-NEWS A new plant for the manufacture of solar panels for aircraft is planned to be built in the Novgorod region, the corresponding agreement was signed by the regional authorities and the Roscosmos enterprise NPP Kvant, Roscosmos reported on Wednesday.

"The agreement of intent on the implementation of the investment project was concluded between the government of the Novgorod region and the Scientific and Production Enterprise "Kvant". The signatures were put by the governor of the Novgorod region Andrey Nikitin and the head of the enterprise Andrey Karabanov," the message says.
According to Nikitin, whose words are carried out by the state corporation, the new enterprise will produce batteries and solar panels.

"This is the namesake plant of our "Quantum". The company operates in the structure of Roscosmos. It has historically been engaged in solar panels, batteries for space stations. Both the ISS and the satellites fly using their energy conservation and charging methods. Roscosmos plans to develop this direction," Nikitin said.