Perspective - Royal Haskoning in the UK

Dealing with EIA and consents
Royal HaskoningDHV is probably best known for the work it does on Environmental Impact
Assessments (EIA) for wind energy projects, and rightly so. To date, every offshore wind
energy project for which Royal HaskoningDHV has produced the EIA has been consented
first time.
Royal HaskoningDHV recognises the paramount importance of maintaining flexibility in
project design and within the supply chain at the development stage. We work closely
with project engineering teams to ensure that this flexibility is maintained within a robust
framework of EIA. This provides assurance to regulators and stakeholders that all project
permutations are assessed and that the developer understands and can mitigate the
impacts that arise once the final design has been fixed, thus reducing consenting risk. In
addition, Royal HaskoningDHV recognises that cumulative impacts are now a much more
significant element of the consenting process. We are seeing more instances, both onshore
and offshore, of multiple projects being developed in the same broad area. This brings
new challenges for developers; in particular in relation to potential cumulative impacts on
European designated sites.
The range of technical and support services for EIA that we provide puts us in a unique
position to offer our clients a full end-to-end service, offering expert consultancy and
engineering solutions for every aspect of wind energy developments. The experts in our inhouse
team can cover ecology, hydrogeology, coastal modelling, noise, air quality, transport,
health and safety and a number of other specialist disciplines to help ensure the consenting
process is as smooth as possible.
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Royal HaskoningDHV Perspective UK Wind Energy
Royal HaskoningDHV Perspective UK Wind Energy
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