Rolls-Royce welcomes Polish agreement

Rolls-Royce has welcomed an agreement between companies in the UK and Poland to collaborate on international projects to deliver low-carbon energy using its technology.

Polish industrial group Industria and UK-based Chiltern Vital Group (CVG) have agreed to work together on projects using technology developed by Rolls-Royce SMR.

Last year, after working with Rolls-Royce SMR for over two years, Industria selected Rolls-Royce Small Modular Reactor (SMR) technology to fulfil the zero-emission energy goals of the Central Hydrogen Cluster in Poland and as part of their plans to produce 50,000 tonnes of low-carbon hydrogen every year.

CVG, a UK multi-sector project developer, was recently confirmed as the preferred bidder for the acquisition of the Gloucester Science and Technology Park from South Gloucestershire and Stroud College.

With its partners, CVG intends to create a world-first net zero and nuclear technologies campus.

This will be the first step towards a ‘net zero super cluster’ investment zone, encouraging the roll out of Rolls-Royce SMRs alongside an array of net zero technologies.

Alan Woods, Rolls-Royce SMR’s director of strategy and business development, said: “This is an extremely positive step forward for Rolls-Royce SMR and we are delighted to see two of our close partners agree to collaborate on their efforts to bring our technology to fruition.”