Poland’s state-controlled energy company Orlen has laid out plans for deploying 600 MW of nuclear power capacity from small modular reactors (SMRs) by 2035.

The move, outlined in an updated energy strategy, could secure the future of a joint venture with private partner Synthos Green Energy which has sought to build GE Hitachi’s BWRX-300 SMRs in Poland.

The joint venture, Orlen Synthos Green Energy (OSGE), was established in 2022 between Orlen and Synthos. GE Hitachi and Synthos announced in October 2019 an agreement to collaborate on the potential deployment of BWRX-300s.

The projected 600 MW of installed capacity announced by Orlen would mean the construction of at least two 300-MW GE Hitachi SMRs.