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Shell Downstream, Shell’s product and supply business, has moved into its new accommodation at ‘Weena 70’ in the heart of the city of Rotterdam. The official opening today, 15 February 2012, brings all its 1,050 staff together into one central office for the first time. Read more

Gulf Industry online magazine has released an article on Bahrain's Arab Shipbuilding & Repair Yard Company (Asry) and its announcement it will soon commission a sea water reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination plant at the Asry site. Read more

On 19 December, the Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC) confirmed acceptance for examination of a Development Consent Order application for Galloper Wind Farm – an up to 504 megawatt (MW) extension to the Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm that is currently under construction – with much of the environmental assessment work completed by Royal Haskoning on behalf of SSE and RWE npower renewables. The wind farm, off the coast of Suffolk, is a joint venture between SSE and RWE npower renewables. Read more

International environmental and engineering consultancy Royal Haskoning has applauded DECC - the Department of Energy and Climate Change’s decision to name the South West as the UK’s first Marine Energy Park. Read more

Royal Haskoning is going to provide 350,000 people in poor areas of rural Western Uganda with renewable electrical energy by installing a cluster of 10 mini-hydropower units (7-10 megawatt) and electrical transmission and distribution systems. This means that nationally the percentage of the rural population connected to the grid in Uganda will increase from 6% to 7.5. The absence of electricity is considered by the World Bank as one of the major constraints that keeps people poor. Read more

As well as being a renewable energy success , SeaGen, the world’s first commercial tidal current energy turbine is also an environmental success. The tidal turbine, designed and deployed by Marine Current Turbines Ltd (MCT) and located in Northern Ireland’s Strangford Lough has had no major impact on the Lough’s marine life. This is the main conclusion of a report prepared by the environmental consultancy Royal Haskoning, in collaboration with an independent Science Group, comprising representatives of the Northern Ireland Environment Agency, Queen’s University Belfast, the Sea Mammal Research Unit and others. The Science Group was chaired by David Erwin, a former Chief Executive of the Ulster Wildlife Trust. Read more

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)’s consultation on renewable energy re-banding, (announced on 20 October), focuses on scalable lower-cost renewable technologies that will deliver the majority of electricity the Government needs to meet its 2020 targets - and aims to ensure developers will continue to receive appropriate support when market conditions change and innovations develop. Read more

The Ship Repair Journal, the official journal of the international association of shiprepair agents, has released an article about "Saving Money through Safety and Efficiency, which focuses on two Royal Haskoning projects. Read more

The opening of a new 1.38km repair quay wall is a major capability upgrade for the Arab Shipbuilding & Repair Yard Company (ASRY) in Bahrain, already regarded as one of the world's largest and most efficient ship-repair and conversion yards – and its successful construction is in no small measure due to project consultant Royal Haskoning. Read more

On 8 December, Royal Haskoning celebrated the completion of its activities for the famous Hurricane & Storm Damage Risk Reduction System program. The Dutch Consul in New Orleans, Constance Willems, was also present at the event, which was held with local partner Evans and Graves. She praised the company for deploying Dutch coastal defence expertise in New Orleans. Read more