Swedish nuclear project development company Videberg Kraft has announced the selection of Rolls-Royce SMR as its partner to deliver three small modular reactors (SMRs) near the existing Ringhals nuclear site on the Värö peninsula, on Sweden’s west coast, with the first scheduled to begin commercial operation in the mid-2030s

UK-based Rolls-Royce SMR, a subsidiary of the UK engineering giant Rolls-Royce, said the decision underlines its position as Europe’s leading SMR technology, following recent contract awards in both the UK and Czech Republic.

Videberg Kraft is a company set up by Swedish state power company Vattenfall and industrial consortium Industrikraft, which is backing the expansion of fossil-free electricity, most notably through new nuclear energy.

The Videberg project will build what could be Sweden’s first new nuclear power plant in more than 40 years. It will deploy Rolls-Royce SMR nuclear plants to add 1,500 MW of clean baseload capacity – around 6% of Sweden’s annual power consumption – for more than 60 years, supporting industries and households in southern Sweden while enhancing energy security, Rolls-Royce said.