LEGOLAND Florida, in partnership with Tampa Electric, is celebrating Earth Day by making the 150-acre theme park run completely on renewable energy for the day.
As part of the partnership, LEGOLAND Florida will also permanently power a section of the park, Imagination Zone, on renewable energy.
“This is a historic day for LEGOLAND Florida,” said LEGOLAND Florida general manager Adrian Jones. “With our new partnership with Tampa Electric, we will give guests a whole new way to learn about renewable energy while also doing something that no other theme park in the U.S. has done before.”
LEGOLAND Florida running on renewable energy for an entire day will bring savings equal to removing three cars from the road for one year or planting six acres of trees, officials at LEGOLAND Florida said.
The partnership also resulted in the installation of a 30-kilowatt solar panel array mounted atop the Imagination Zone attraction venue.
LEGOLAND Florida has been pursuing conservation efforts since the park opened in 2011, including the park recycling nearly 60 tons of bottles and cans in 2013, along with 176 tons of cardboard last year alone.
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