Royal Dutch Shell sells wind stake to Eon and Dong Energy
Danny Fortson
THE oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to sell its stake in the £2.5 billion London Array, the worlds largest offshore wind farm, to Eon and Dong Energy, its former partners.
Under a settlement reached last week, the utilities agreed to divide Shells one-third stake evenly between them. Eon and Dong will now own 50% each.
The accord was struck after some leading utilities – Centrica, Scottish Power, EDF, RWE Npower and Scottish & Southern – made first-round bids in an auction run by Dresdner Kleinwort.
The sale process provided reference points on price, but Eon and Dongs familiarity with the project gave a critical advantage. They are expected to announce the deal this week.
The resolution of ownership will be a relief to the government, which has put wind at the heart of its renewable-energy agenda. When Shell announced its intention to quit the project in May, there were fears that Eon and Dong, a Nordic group, could scrap it altogether because of the soaring cost of building wind farms.
Paul Golby, chief executive of Eon UK, called the projects economics marginal at best as prices for turbines, ships to install them and personnel have soared to record levels.
The decision by Eon and Dong to buy out Shell means the scheme, already seven years in development, will almost certainly go ahead.
Eon and Dong will now have to shoulder all the £2.5 billion development costs but some element of deferred compensation for Shell is thought to be included in the deal.
Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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A head-cut image of Alfred Donovan (now deceased) appears courtesy of The Wall Street Journal.
