The European Commission has given its approval for Poland to finance its first commercial nuclear power station with public aid estimated at PLN 60 billion (€14.2bn, $16.5bn).
The commission said in a statement on 9 December that the nuclear station, which will have three Westinghouse AP1000 reactor units, is scheduled to start operating in the second half of the 2030s.
Poland’s energy minister Milosz Motyka told a press conference: “We can now freely begin the next investment steps.”
He said Warsaw is planning to apply for construction permit in 2027 with first concrete in 2028 and operation in 2036.