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SCHOOL kids all over NSW in Years three to six are being encouraged to design a mock road safety billboard to educate communities to look out for animals on the road. The competition has been developed by NRMA Motoring and Services, Taronga Zoo and Taronga Western Plains Zoo. The winning school will receive a ZoosnooZ excursion for 30 students. NRMA Group CEO Tonv Stuart said the competitioh willteach kids and communities about road safety. "Our aim is help increase the safetv of all road users, whether they are human or one of our furrv f riends. This activity will help schdols meet the needs of the Science and Technology syllabus-while making it tun and interesting for students to learn,

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The most recent Electricity Statement of Opportunities (ESOO) released bythe company has deferred the need for new base-load power generation for at least four years due to slower growth forecasts. Investors are now focused on how to address peak demand at the hottest and coldest times of the year, with renewable energy such as wind and solar identified as potential solutions. "The ESOO shows low reserve condition points have been deferred for most states as a result of a fall in electricity use and forecasts of slower growth in both annual energy and maximum demand," AEMO managing director Matt Zema said.

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Market Sunday Concert, at 12.30pm on August 26 in the Uniting Church, will feature a feast of European folksongs in various forms. Inge Southcott, Alison Small, Kylie Constantine and Liz Ellis will be accompanied by Warwick Dunham and Stephen Tafra in what promises to be a really appealing vocal per-

meet target shortfalls. The report has been endorsed by Opposition Energy spokesman Luke Foley, who said the Government's regulations made wind energy infrastructure unviable. "The NSW Government's draft guidelines for newwind farm developments are designed to chronically handicap the expansion of the wind industry in this state," he said. "Rather than attacking wind farms, the Government should come up with its own planning review to come up with a sensi ble and workable planning regime for the development of the wind industry in NSW." The report was also wel-

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comed bylocal renewable energy developers. Starfish Enterprises managing director Adam Blakester, who is hoping to establish a communit5zwind farm north-east of Armidale, said the report showed the potential benefits of wind
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Slower growth forecasts lor power generation have put wind and solar in the hot seat to cover peak demand times.

being buoyed by interest in renewable technologies, particularly wind, as a result of the Large-scale Renewable Energy Target." The NSW Government has cornmitted to a ren6wable energy usage target of 20 per cent by the year 202 I . However, the AEMO suggests that demand for wind energy will grow after 2016 in order to

"lt's very encouraging, particularly given that the tablelands have been identified as a priority area for wind energy due to our strong wind resources," he said. "The State Government has a 20 per cent target for renewable energy by 202 1 . That's a date we're rapidly moving towards and there's still a lot of work to be done."