Given the reference data [7.1], the evaluations performed in Sections 7.2.2 and 7.2.3 were limited to the generation of electricity (or the production of electricity and heat) in locations with large interconnected electricity grids. As noted in the previous sections, these evaluations showed that barge-mounted NPPs with small PWR-8 and PWR-35 twin-units (based on the Russian ABV and KLT-40S designs) would not be competitive in these conditions.

However, small and transportable NPPs (such as the KLT-40S and the ABV) are being developed for application in remote or isolated areas with difficult access and with no interconnected electricity grids (or even no grids at all) rather than in populated areas with the established grids of a large overall capacity. This section provides several evaluations of the competitive deployment options for NPPs with SMRs in the remote or isolated areas (conventionally referred to as “off-grid” locations). However, no market analysis has been performed.