Lego is making headlines by investing $500 million into green energy. The toy maker from Denmark will buy almost a third of a brand new German offshore wind power project planned by DONG Energy company. The investment will account for 32% of the 277 megawatt Borkum Riffgund wind farm 35 miles off the Northwest coast of Germany. This pricey move will not only help power the German grid, but will hopefully supply nearly all of LEGO’s energy needs with wind power.
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Ever since the scheme was launched in the United Kindom in 2010, the amount of the renewable energy has grown by more than 41 times. The explosive growth in solar panel installations on homes, schools and fields in the UK over the past 22 months saw the green energy source pass the symbolic milestone of 1,000MW this week.
The first 100% Cradle to Cradle office in the Netherlands is a fact. On Friday the 11th of November 2011 (Dutch Sustainability Day) the opening of the new BSH head office on Park 20|20 in Hoofddorp took place. Fornature took care of a major part of the interior of this completely sustainable building.
A study shows that 95% of all single-destination trips could be made by today’s electric vehicles. While Electric Vehicles only have a radius of 70 to 80 miles, only 1% of all single-destination trips in the U.S. were farther than 70 miles.
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We all know the downsides of nuclear power. While the nuclear waste you have as a left over product is really an issue, we also experienced the really bad things that could happen if something would go wrong in a Nuclear Power Plant.
Can small actions lead to great changes?
See the impact of renewable energy systems on poverty reduction.
