Safety fears delay school wind farm plan
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A Monaro school will have to wait a little longer before it can install its own mini-wind farm.
The Nimmitabel Public School has received a $9,000 community grant and a further $4,000 in fund-raising for the project, estimated to cost about $17,000.
But the Education Department says it is worried about the structure's safety.
The company given the job of installing the wind turbine, Pyramid Power, says the department's backflip has come as a surprise.
Company spokesman Steve Garret says safety is not an issue.
"Those reasons I think are varied reasons, but the questions of safety, I think, are stalling questions because of all the equipment that needs to go into schools needs to come under the engineering, they have to come under the licensing, they have to come under complete Australian standards. It has as much risk as a flag pole in a school or a light post," he said.
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