Progress Report 2012 - Lego

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The LEGO
Group helps
build an
offshore wind
farm
Emden
In 2012 the LEGO Group’s parent
company KIRKBI A/S announced an
investment of approx. EUR 400 million
in the development of an offshore wind
farm. The investment in wind power
further supports the ongoing energy
efficiency improvements across the
Bremerhaven
LEGO Group and will help balance our
energy needs for many years to come.
“This massive investment in wind
energy is not a one off event – it is an
integral part of our overall ambition
of making a positive impact on the
world. We’re on a journey, a never
ending journey – but the investment
in renewable energy is a huge step in
the right direction,” says Jørgen Vig
Knudstorp, CEO of the LEGO Group.
The wind farm called Borkum Riffgrund
1 will be built by Dong Energy using
77 Siemens offshore turbines each
generating 3.6MW giving a total
installed capacity of 277MW. KIRKBI
A/S will own one third of the wind
farm’s production of electric power
– equivalent to the output of more
Hamburg
than 25 wind turbines and equal to
the consumption of approx. 100,000
Danish homes. Construction of Borkum
Riffgrund 1 will begin in 2013 and the
turbines will start supplying power in
2015, with the right to generate for the
next 25 years.
The investment in renewable energy
will qualify the LEGO Group to use
the WindMade label which shows
that 100% of the energy used by the
company is balanced by wind power.
The LEGO Group was a co-founding
partner of the WindMade label which
is the first global consumer label to
identify those companies which use
renewable energy in their operations
or manufacture of products.