You might have thought that what an oil company did with a 33% stake in the £2 billion ($3.9 billion) London Array project was not very important. But this is, potentially, the world's biggest offshore wind project and only one of two renewable schemes Shell is involved with in the UK.
The timing of the withdrawal looks unfortunate in the eyes of the public, as Shell had just reported massive profits at a time of very high petrol pump prices.
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