Cowra Guardian
Wednesday 27/6/2007 Page: 5
A group of students from Cowra High School learnt what it means to be green last week when they visited the Blayney Wind Farm. Students from the special education class at the high school were treated to a talk and tour around the Blayney Wind Farm which produces green energy for electricity retailers to purchase and provide to customers.
Country Energy organised the excursion on the school's behalf which included a tour of the wind farm, talk from Eraring Energy, and the opportunity to learn about green energy. Regional general manager, Chas McPhail said it was wonderful to see school groups wanting to learn more about green energy and more simply, how our local wind farm works.
"Having the wind farm in Blayney provides the opportunity for our local customers to see a renewable energy wind farm working, and to have that first hand connection with the farm. "I would encourage any school group wanting to learn more about green energy to call us and organise an excursion to the farm," Chas said. Cindy Berg a school teacher from Cowra High School said that the students thoroughly enjoyed the excursion. "We really appreciated the opportunity to visit the wind farm and especially want to thank Ian Newton from Eraring Energy who took us through the farm and showed us areas that are not normally accessible to the public." Cindy said.
Country Energy purchases green energy from the wind farm on behalf of the retailer's countrygreen customers. The energy purchased is then fed into the Country Energy electricity network helping to reduce green house gas emissions. "Country Energy has a number of green energy products available for customers to purchase and I would strongly encourage our customers to contact us to learn more about how they can help the environment," Chas said.
To learn more about Country Energy's countrygreen products customers can call us on 13 23 56, visit our website, www.countryenergy.com.au/green, or call into one of our customer service centres.
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