Rolls-Royce SMR has been selected by Vattenfall as one of two companies to reach the final stage in the process to identify Sweden’s nuclear technology partner.
After being shortlisted in 2024, Rolls-Royce SMR has progressed through a detailed assessment and will now work with Vattenfall through the final technology selection which could initially result in Rolls-Royce SMR delivering three SMRs.
The news builds on Rolls-Royce SMR’s successful selection in both the United Kingdom and Czech Republic.
Chris Cholerton, Rolls-Royce SMR chief executive, said: “We are extremely proud that Vattenfall has selected Rolls-Royce SMR as one of the final two nuclear technologies in this highly competitive process.
“Today’s announcement builds on the positive momentum after Rolls-Royce SMR was selected as preferred bidder by Great British Energy – Nuclear to provide the UK’s first SMRs, and by CEZ to deploy up to 3GW of electricity in the Czech Republic.
“We look forward to working closely with Vattenfall during this final stage of their process and further strengthening the UK-Sweden collaboration on clean energy.”
Sweden is projected to require an additional 100–250 TWh of electricity over the next 25 years, and nuclear energy is set to play an important role in achieving that target. Vattenfall’s focus for the first units is at the Ringhals site on the Värö Peninsula, already home to a nuclear power station operated by Vattenfall.
Each Rolls-Royce SMR ‘factory-built’ nuclear power plant will generate 470MWe of clean low-carbon electricity, enough to power a million homes for more than 60 years.
