2021 news stories

With an ambition to empower sustainable change in all types of companies, Ramboll has acquired a small start-up company providing sustainability e-learning and analytics.

As part of the Danish climate agreement of June 2020, it was decided to build two energy islands, in the Baltic and North Seas respectively, linked to offshore wind farms that together can provide 5 GW and cover the electric consumption for approx. 5 million households in Denmark and nearby countries. The global engineering, architecture and consultancy company Ramboll has been awarded one of the first pilot climate and seabed studies for the coming energy islands.

It was recently announced that financing has been secured for one of the world’s largest energy-from-waste (EfW) facilities to be developed in Dubai.

The Danish government has decided to participate in an Important Project of Common European Interest (IPCEI) within hydrogen and has prequalified five Ramboll projects among 28 Danish projects.

The global engineering, architecture and consultancy company has appointed three new members on the Group Executive Board to take on positions 1 April 2021.

Today, on the United Nations World Water Day, we hope our clients and partners will join us in welcoming three highly experienced water professionals to our global water team: Michael van de Watering in Singapore, Dorthe Pinholt Hansen in Denmark and Cory Johnson in the US.

Hot Heart – a series of islands with the dual function of storing thermal energy storage and serving as a hub for recreational activities – has won the Helsinki Energy Challenge, which aims to decarbonize the heating system of the Finnish capital by 2030. Ramboll was part of the project coordinated by CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati in collaboration with Transsolar, Danfoss Leanheat®, Schneider Electric, OP Financial Group, schlaich bergermann partner and Squint/Opera.

Despite the Covid-19 crisis the Ramboll Group achieved a satisfactory operating profit and very strong cashflow in 2020. With the integration of Henning Larsen and the formation of a new offering in strategic sustainability consulting the global engineering, architecture and management consultancy company further strengthened its leading position in sustainability.

In a recently published paper, Ramboll experts Cynthia Van Landingham and Matthew Longnecker examine the link between dietary fiber and antibodies after vaccination.

Denmark will contribute to the rehabilitation of the district heating network in Ukraine’s city of Kremenchuk with a total investment of EUR 12.7 million. Ramboll has assisted the rehabilitation project which will provide heating to 25,000 citizens in the Rakivka district and reduce CO2 emissions with 10,500 tonnes. 

Benjamin Foley joins the offshore wind team to strengthen Ramboll’s leading global position and facilitate local growth on the US offshore wind market.

New technology in passenger cars measures the condition of the road surface during driving enabling road maintenance to be better planned and avoiding dangerous road deteriorating. The result will be better and safer roads, tax money better spent and more satisfied drivers. Ramboll and NIRA Dynamics, which developed the technology, have signed reseller agreements for Sweden and Finland.