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"Long distance objectors have forced yet another big renewable and storage
project to be referred to the Independent Planning Commission in NSW, this time
a giant giga-scale battery project proposed for a site close to a sewerage
plant.
The Yanco battery, a 250 MW and 1,100 MWh facility proposed by Acenergy near
the town of the same name, in south-western NSW, received 63 objections.
More than 90 per cent of these objections (58 out of 63) came from people and
“special interest groups” located more than 100 kms away from the project site.
Nearly one third (17) of the objectors came from interstate. There were no
objections from anyone living within five kilometres of the project site.
The Yanco battery is proposed next to an existing large electricity substation,
alongside a rail line, is surrounded by numerous existing transmission lines on
three sides and is just 200 metres from a local sewerage treatment plant.
The NSW department of planning has recommended approval of the project. “The
department considers that there is a very low level of local interest or
concern towards the project and that there are relatively low levels of
residual impact associated with the proposal,” it writes.
However, under NSW rules any project that receives more than 50 objections,
even if none are from the local area and most are from long distance agitators,
it must be referred to the IPC.
The Pottinger wind and battery project – also in the south-west – faced a
similar process after mostly long distance objectors forced its referral to the
IPC. Long distance objectors also targeted a small solar-battery project in the
central west, and others.
All but six of the public submissions against the Yanco battery withheld their
name. Most of the submissions are a conflagration of conspiracy theories,
misinformation, and climate denial.
Where do they get their information? Their submissions cited a variety of
sources, including the Murdoch media, the Centre for Independent Studies,
climate deniers such as the Global Warming Policy Foundation and Joanna Nova,
and renewable critics such as former
ABC journalist Chris Uhlmann."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
