Rolls-Royce to EXPORTS nuclear power to Netherlands while energy crisis bites at home

SMRs are much smaller and easier to build than traditional nuclear stations. The size of just two football pitches, once built they are expected to power around 500,000 homes, or a city the size of Leeds with clean, homegrown energy. Backed by the Government with a £210million investment, they are still yet to be deployed and remain in the design stage.

But while soaring energy costs threaten to push millions of UK households into fuel poverty, Rolls-Royce has struck a deal with ULC-Energy to have SMR power stations built in the Netherlands.

This marks a huge boost for the firm, which has previously been tipped to become a “major energy exporter” thanks to these innovations.

Previously speaking to Express.co.uk, Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said: “Coupled with massive amounts of offshore wind and solar, we are absolutely ready to turn the UK into a major clean energy exporter in the coming decades, which would be a huge reversal of fortunes.

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