Denman Battery Energy Storage System

Metlen’s CCP reliant Denman BESS plan is totally incompatible with Australia’s national interest.
It embeds foreign-dependent technology, introduces high-risk chemical structures, destabilises the grid through intermittent inputs, and increases electricity prices.

Australia already possesses the naturally plentiful
base-load Coal power resources that stable nations rely on.

This project is not for the greater good as it actively moves us away from essential energy security and national security.

We absolutely object to Metlen’s poisonous industrial-scale lithium-ion batteries as they are a proven ticking time bomb - lethal to the public with irreversible, highly toxic smoke and harmful residue impacts.

The toxic, hazardous waste created persists for decades, and there is no credible plan at all for safe disposal.

Renewable-battery systems are used to rip off energy consumers. They contaminate agriculture, destabilise manufacturing and regional economies by pushing up energy costs and reducing reliability.

Our great Australian Coal and a future Nuclear industry provide the dependable foundation this country requires.

This toxic contaminating Metlen (ex Mytilineos ex Metka EGN) project must be rejected because highly hazardous Industrialised BESS Swindle Factories have an ecocidal global track record of poisonous Forever Chemical Bis-FASI PFAS contamination, thermal runaway, explosions, highly toxic smoke events, and long-term, irreversible pollution.

Intermittent solar/wind & market manipulating BESS are already torturing rural communities, undermining Australia’s grid stability and causing unnecessary, unjust and insane increases in power prices.

Australia’s economic resilience depends on reliable base-load Australian Coal power not hazardous industrial compounds imported from our most hostile enemy’s unstable and unethical CCP supply chains.

This Metlen BESS proposal is obscene as it sacrifices essential, irreplaceable land and water security to host a life-threatening catastrophe that cannot deliver base-load power reliably on demand, affordably or securely.

Global data shows BESS sites have caused fires, mass evacuations, and significant contamination.

Australia must immediately strengthen its sovereign energy systems, not expose communities to hazardous imported, CCP reliant junk.

Metlen’s Denman BESS disaster introduces unacceptable toxic risks: hazardous battery fires, poisonous emissions, heavy-metal leakage, and structural instability during fault conditions.

Fake Green, Energy Depriving, Industrialised Solar/Wind Electricity Generating Works & manipulative BESS like this taxpayer/consumer rip-off requires massive subsidies while driving energy poverty.

Australia’s future depends on our own, stable, independent base-load Coal generation — not the CCP’s fragile, hazardous, intermittent and sabotaging rubbish!

I object to this project firstly on the basis that it is being proposed on prime irrigated agricultural farmland.
My family purchased our adjoining property in 1908 and have farmed this land continuously ever since and directly rely on its income.
The 5th generation now live on the property; we have 3 homes within 500m of the southern boundary of the solar farm housing 12 people. When working on the farm we will be within meters of the solar panels, the glint and glare from this project will be unbearable.
There are easements from the 500KV transmission line from Bayswater Power Station and from two 66KV transmission lines taking power from Muswellbrook to Denman, aswell as local power supply running across the river to Mangoola to supply household and irrigation needs. There is also easement form the fibre optic communications cable running through the project area, which is not shown on any submission plans. Local authorities have stressed the critical nature of this line to landholders with direction not to encroach the easement to protect the line.
Denman Road runs through the property which has proven to be particularly dangerous with multiple traffic incidents and a recent death of a young mother adjacent to the project boundary, the additional risk posed to road users by this project will be significant.
Our property value will be reduced significantly directly due to this project; the Bells Island Property has access right of way via Bells Lane and I am concerned about the access right of way due to this project. This properly will be directly in line of sight of the solar farm from its western side.
Cultural heritage of the site will be lost, Bells Lane used to be the main vehicle access to Denman before Denman Bridge was built. There used to be a pub on the river at Bells Lane of which the foundations are still there, there was an Aboriginal settlement around the pub and there would be Aboriginal artefacts still there. I got my first Boomerang there, from Gilbert Wilson over 75 years ago, he made it and taught me to throw it on this site.
This is the most unsuitable site for a solar farm with a gully running through the property which is continually overwhelmed during rain events causing local flooding and road closure. Increased run-off due to solar panels will be unmanageable. Vegetation along the gully system will also create shade on the solar farm unless vegetation is removed posing erosion risk.
Consultation with landowners affected by the project has not been adequate, the company refused to meet with us as a group and have only offered to meet one on one so that proper consultation has not occurred.
I vigorously object to the Upper Hunter South Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage System Projects.

This development cannot be justified because industrial battery storage greatly increases the risk of highly toxic plume incidents, poisonous runoff, irreversible ecological damage and public health and safety disasters.

Multiple international reviews show that fragile, weather dependent, intermittent ‘renewable’ - battery grids correlate with declining industrial output including the demise of whole industries as well as skyrocketing household energy costs that we are already unjustly suffering hardship from.

Australia’s sovereign, base-load Coal Power and a future Nuclear industry is the only rational direction.

I completely reject this dangerous and illogical proposal because it compromises public safety through the introduction of highly reactive lithium-based battery systems that carry highly toxic, substantial fire and explosion potential.

Incapable, intermittent ‘renewables’ that depend on the weather and Communist China’s production and control are inherently unreliable, insecure and extensively weaken Australia’s energy independence and security.

Our own plentiful and efficient Coal and Nuclear power is essential to provide national - energy security and far safer, more stable, and more economical energy outcomes.

This toxic Metlen plan threatens the Hunter’s long-term viability by industrialising rural land with extremely hazardous compounds that degrade ecosystems, weaken grid security, and undermine economic resilience.
Independent evidence shows intermittent systems destabilise markets and cause the demise of countries.
Why is the authoritarian Australian Government so determined to harm us by depriving us of our own, well proven, sovereign power resources - which must remain the anchor of our national stability.

I object to Metlen’s unethical, core components being typically sourced through slave labour supply chains - just like their Wagga, Junee, Corowa, Kingaroy, etc.contaminating solar infrastructure is - that carries geopolitical, environmental, and ethical consequences.

Industrial lithium-ion BESS introduce persistent pollution, fire hazards, and highly toxic, irrreversible residue.

CCP reliant batteries weaken Australia - sabotaging
our electricity grid and depriving us of national security.

Halt All Further processing of Denman BESS SUB-101239960 Immediately Now.
Coal be Limited to Hunter Catchments from Now.
No more RE transition I Demand.
No more BESS.
No more No more RE transition.
Coal is Our energy transition.
Coal.
Coal.
Waste of money gov.au, nsw.gov.au, Step Down Immediately.
You must pay!
You must!
How Dare You!
God gave us this Earth to Care for.
Are you, gov.au, nsw.gov.au ?
No.
How can we do it then, we who know How to Care for Country Care To The All On Country Lands Waterways and Communities Australian and World's?
We ask all of you as gov.au, nsw.gov.au, to Sack / dismiss yourselves Today. I will say why.
If you have a Physical Body, what do you Feed it? Reflect upon. It is Important.
Communication is Lacking between The People and gov.au, nsw.gov.au.
We the People have Rights to:-
- Chemical Free foods
Correct.
We the People we, we the People we need a Clean environment.
Clean and Green was Never about energy generation.
There is no such thing.
Clean was always about cleaning up the Environment.
How Dare You as gov.au, nsw.gov.au, Endanger every Catchment in Australia with the RE transition BESS Lithium Ion batteries 500kv Overhead Transmission Lines rollout, Completely Unnecessary, when Coal is Our Our Our Need, Our Need, limited to Hunter region (for Obvious reasons) to Lessen Harm and Loss to Environments NSW!
Cease and Desist BESS and solar panels in on upon any Catchment in Australia from Now, Right Now.
Rooftops Only for all wind and solar energy generation now from now I Demand. NO solar panels. NO blades. NO Lithium-ion batteries!
You are going to Say Sorry to We the People Australian and Asian, you Disgusting lot of Ignorants acting as gov.au, nsw.gov.au, doing as you please To Our, Australians Ours, Lands Waterways and Communities Australian.
The Hunter region is a Coal region. Coal. Use Coal. The Hunter is Australia's Coal region.
I Demand at least Two Brand New Low Emissions Coal Fired Power Stations be sited and built where old sites are to LESSEN Harm and Loss to the Rest of NSW from an Inappropriate RE transition-a Threat to All On Country Lands Waterways and Communities Australian and World's, and for NO reason at all.
How do you Get away with it is a Question, gov.au, nsw.gov.au? You do.
No-one stopping you hey.
I want to.
I want to.
Sack yourselves all of you as gov.au, nsw.gov.au, Now!
Dismiss Yourselves Immediately and Never Ever Ever Ever be in politics again, ever.
Shame on you All.
Look what You have done to Us, your Fellow Australians, Our Lands Waterways and Communities for No reason but a Scam, A Scam, A Scam NOT ONE of you will stop will you. Why? Super funds, is it? Is that a Reason to destroy Our Nation, Our Nation,Our Nation, Our Nation, Ours, NOT yours.
Get Out!
Shame on you All.
Of course we can use Coal for ~12 million population without the effects of pollution nb instead of this Attempt To Poison and Ruin Our Our Our Precious Precious Precious Lands Waterways and Communities Rural You Have NO right to decide the Future upon. Out you go!
One day you can have your say about Why Lithium Ion batteries or BESS were Chosen, Chosen, nb Chosen, Chosen by Yourselves acting as gov.au, nsw.gov.au.
That will be an Inquiry of entire gov.au, nsw.gov.au.
This Day I say these links will nb Will, Change your minds about planning, building, risking, yes risking, yes risking Our, Australians Ours, Lands Waterways and Communities Rural.
Muswellbrook region Can Host Energy Generation Yes.
Choice is Coal, Yes, Coal. Only Coal for NSW. Only. Only. Only.
Less Costs All Round.
I Demand an Immediate Moratorium on All BESS and Lithium Ion batteries useage in Australia and upon Earth.
Here is why.
Search Assist says:- first description in Search,nb:-
"Lithium-ion batteries can be toxic due to the chemicals they contain, which can be harmful if released into the environment or if the battery is damaged. Additionally, when these batteries catch fire, they can release hazardous gases that pose health risks to nearby individuals".
https://www.fire.qld.gov.au/safety-education/battery-and-charging-safety/lithium-ion-battery-safety  Be aware of the risks related to damaged lithium-ion batteries, including electric shock, secondary fire risks, and exposure to toxic, corrosive, and flammable vapours and substances.  
https://www.alsym.com/blog/lithium-based-batteries-are-toxic-from-start-to-finish/  How do we make lithium-ion batteries less toxic? Making lithium-ion batteries less toxic will be difficult. Lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP / LiFePO4) batteries that eliminate the need for cobalt are a step in the right direction, but remain problematic. The only true option is to move away from lithium-based
https://thebatterytips.com/battery-specifications/is-lithium-ion-battery-toxic/  Lithium ion batteries can be toxic. They contain harmful materials like metals (copper, nickel, lead) and dangerous organic chemicals (flammable electrolytes). Improper disposal poses health risks and environmental hazards. To minimize toxicity, it's important to handle and recycle these
https://www.ri.se/sites/default/files/2020-10/Toxicity%20risk%20report_18%20June%202020_0.pdf    Most currently used lithium-ion battery electrolytes on exposure to the environment are toxic, irritant or harmful in addition to being flammable
https://teex.org/wp-content/uploads/LITHIUM-ION-BATTERY-FIRES-AND-EMISSIONS-CHARACTERIZATION.pdf  The tests concluded that: Li-ion battery thermal runaway fires are an extreme emissions event, releasing highly toxic gases and particles that exceed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)-permissible exposure limits (PEL)
https://www.frv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-11/Battery-Safety-for-Consumers.pdf  Risk: Lithium-ion Batteries can be a fire risk. Occasionally, if a Lithium-ion Battery is improperly charged, handled, stored or disposed of there is a risk of overheating, catching fire or explosion. This also increases the risk of a house fire, garage fire or personal injury.
Halt All Further processing of Li-ion batteries in Australia Immediately!

Are you going to continue using BESS and Lithium Ion batteries, gov.au, nsw.gov.au?
You will Not.
You, nsw.gov.au, will be offering Coal energy generation future in this region for the Next 40 years Thank you, Already with a Coal Fired Power Station that can be Upgraded from Now to Cease and Desist RE transition, BESS, Lithium Ion batteries, Solar Panels- junk they are, and any further Overhead Transmission Lines, because this Land around Singleton Muswellbrook is already compromised contaminated and can be generating electricity using Coal until, nb Until the next nuclear-Non-radioactive Isotope nuclear-can be Our energy generation.
Junk Future Cease and Desist Immediately, gov.au, nsw.gov.au!
How Dare You How Dare You How Dare You All offer Junk Future Toxic Toxic Toxic Toxic upon rural Food Production regions NSW where Shallow Aquifers are in View, yes in view, because leaching from Unnecessary RE Infrastructures strewn All Over Our Precious Precious Lands Waterways and Communities NSW will contaminate all NSW Catchments, rather than just Hunter Coal region, already compromised, nb, but NOT needing RE transition at all!
Forced Approvals of Unwell Toxic Junk Re-New-Able RE transition/BESS en masse covering- what - Every Catchment on the Eastern Seaboard is it (!) is NOT the right way for Australians nor All On Country Lands Waterways and Communities Australian and World's.
God made us and did.
God Is.
God Be In The All.
Water Be Respected in Rural NSW !! If not, then Sack yourselves Dismiss Yourselves, you Horrible people as gov.au, nsw.gov.au - Abominable to your Fellow Australians for No reason when gov.au Allow Export of Coal to be used to generate Energy in the Northern Hemisphere, a LONG way away, isn't it. Shame on you All. Yes.
Dismiss yourselves Today. Sack yourselves thanks.
You have got us into a Mess you make Us, your Fellow Australians, and Our Precious Precious Rural Lands Waterways and Communities, pay for, How Dare You, when all we could have been using was Coal, and only Coal, and No Exports of, and at Far Less Cost to All On Country Lands Waterways and Communities Rural NSW!
Dismiss Yourselves Now, the Lot of you!

Denman BESS offers no long-term benefit.
It introduces fire risk, toxic contamination pathways, dangerous waste, and extreme dependency on insecure, hostile CCP supply chains.

Industrialised RUINABLES are a complete failure - unable to provide stable power and ultimately lead to ever higher costs and economic suicide.
Reliable 24/7 baseload power from our plentiful Hunter coal resources is essential for energy security and national security.

I completely reject Metlen’s poisonous ASBESTOS OF THE FUTURE Bis-FASI BESS plan because the RenewaBULL Rort is a ‘Law Unto Itself’ - reliant on unethically produced infrastructure that includes forever chemicals PFAS/PFOS and ASBESTOS contaminants that are banned in Australia.

Independent research consistently shows that battery energy storage sites create significant environmental and chemical liabilities while delivering unstable, intermittent output.

Australia already has the means to be a world leader in secure, efficient, well-proven coal power right here in the Hunter — whilst this stupid plan defies all these essential qualities.

I object to the proposed Upper Hunter South Solar Farm & Denman BESS projects for varying reasons, all on the basis that the negative impacts of a solar farm and battery storage on this site far outweigh the benefits.
Located within the Hunter-Central Coast Renewable Energy Zone (REZ), the objective is to utilize rehabilitated mining land as per NSW Regulatory Information supporting the REZ Document. The Upper Hunter South Solar Farm & Denman Battery Energy Storage System is located on prime riverside irrigated agricultural land, is not a sparsely populated area and is not in line with the objectives of the REZ. The Upper Hunter South Solar Farm Scoping Report references the 2021 AEMO Electricity Statement document rather than up to date information such as recent AEMO communication indicating an abundance of solar generation in the system requiring grid stability technology rather than generation, this project will not deliver.
The project specific benefits listed in the scoping document will not be met or be very limited, e.g. opportunities for local businesses and contractors – these are already in high demand forcing trades from outside the region to be utilized and disadvantaging the local community. Construction jobs – these will be of short duration and likely staffed from outside the region. Diversified income stream for rural landholders – appears to be false with quiet an opposite effect for landholders with reduced property value, negative impacts/costs directly due to solar farm activity such as traffic, water and visual impact with limited mitigation measures severely impacting rural landholders. Development of new skilled labour in the region is also incorrect as the Upper Hunter already houses highly skilled labour in this field and this project will not assist in this aspect.
The Upper Hunter South Solar Farm Scoping Report lists ‘direct benefits including direct forms of payment and compensation – neighbour payments’. This is a direct indication from a very early stage that there will be dire consequences for neighbours of this project that will only be mitigated through direct payment of compensation to neighbours (see page 7-8), this is a totally unacceptable way to deal with impacted stakeholders.
The negative visual impact of this project appears grossly underestimated with severe impact on neighbours and significant impact on a wider scale. Due to the topography of the site, mitigation is ineffective as screening options are limited due to elevation change. The proposed location of solar panels is concentrated to the west of the project area which also concentrates the visual impact towards a larger number of people more severely, causing risk and potential harm to the community. Setback of solar panels and infrastructure from major roads and property boundaries is small and not aligned with community expectation, other projects and industry standard. There is no allocation for onsite planting of screens or other visual impact mitigation. The project documentation states that visual impact requires offsite planting of screens adjacent to the effected party, this is not agreed and is an unacceptable form of mitigation. With a project life of 35years and no screening planted to date, there will be a considerable portion of the life of the project where local people will be subjected to the visual impact without the required screening being effective.
Impact on traffic safety is a major concern of this project with no significant risk/hazard mitigation planned. This section of roadway has proven to be hazardous with many near misses and minor accidents at the project location and one major fatal accident involving locals. Increased construction traffic and operational visual impact/glint and glare will significantly increase the risk to all road users. There are no adequate mitigation options due to road layout, site elevation and orientation/road direction. On approach from the south, line of sight is directly into the planned solar panel location because of the cornering of the road. Approach from the north is also directly affected by solar panels due to the approach from an elevated position. Mitigation of this hazard and glint and glare from solar panels will be impossible to a satisfactory level due to approach angle and made worse by the daily rotation of the panels. This is an unacceptable risk increase for local people on a problematic stretch of roadway.
All water runoff from the project area takes a path to the Hunter River across Denman Road. The gully system to the north is often overwhelmed during rain events. This water flows under the road via a box drain which is only just adequate, then into neighbouring properties before entering the river. Water runoff to the south of the project area is via drainage and culverts under Denman Road which is also overwhelmed during rain events causing danger to road users, localized flooding and continual road closures. Increased velocity and volume of runoff due to the solar farm will be an unmanaged off-site water hazard with road closures and increased flow and erosion damage to neighbouring properties which is unacceptable.
Land use in this way is not aligned with local use and affects the reputation of the region which is already under threat due to mining and other industries. This project is in a primary production area with horse studs and intensive farming in close proximity. The cumulative effect appears to assess the effect of solar farms only but must consider all landuses that effect people living in this region. Mining areas, industry, rail, solar and the battery system need to be assessed together for their cumulative detrimental effect.
Cultural/historic heritage of Bells Lane is significant and not well considered by the Solar/BESS proposal. Bells Lane is used as property access by neighbours and this project will be a safety risk for accessing Bells Lane.
The project states that grazing opportunity will be maintained in and around the solar farm. This seems impossible or unlikely at best, however, the solar farm is located on prime irrigated land used for cropping so that continued primary production is impossible.
Environmental impact of the solar project will also be severe and irreversible. During operation the local environment will be significantly impacted with effect to flora and fauna. Upon decommissioning, underground services are planned to remain leaving an environmental legacy which is irresponsible and not to community expectations.
The fibre optic communication cable running through the property is not shown on plans for the project and would have a wide impact on the community if not preserved.
Community consultation and stakeholder involvement, listed in the scoping report as a project objective has been lacking. This is a disappointing aspect of the project management; it appears to be a deliberate tactic that community and especially project neighbours are not informed or consulted. As an adjacent neighbour there has been no attempt or opportunity for consultation in any form.
The Upper Hunter South Solar Farm & Denman BESS projects may be worthy developments but are the wrong development for this location. The project benefit is far outweighed by the negative impact, many of which do not have adequate mitigation measures.
I comprehensively object to the project in this location.

Regards
Mark Blake

We absolutely object to the POISONOUS Metlen (ex Metka EGN, Ex Mytilineos) Denman BESS Swindle Factory because ECOCIDAL, industrialised, filthy BESS BOMBS introduce completely unacceptable, life threatening, toxic chemical hazards, waste burdens, groundwater and soil risks, and structural fire dangers that no community should ever be forced to co-exist with.

Metlen’s typically destructive system - already causing extensive environmental carnage at Wagga Wagga, Junee, Corowa, Kingaroy, etc.- undermines Australia’s energy reliability, weakens national sovereignty, damages economic stability, and erodes the affordable baseload foundation provided by coal and future nuclear power.

Why do irresponsible NSW Planning & the complicit IPCN deliberately ignore the extensive independent research & Commonwealth PFAS/PFOS BAN that clearly demonstrates the Public Health & Safety disaster they’re creating, the extensive environmental contamination, large-scale destruction of biodiversity, reliance on China’s unethical slave labour supply-chains and sabotage of our Electricity Grid with this JUNK that can be remotely disabled.

We totally reject the whole, diabolical RUIN-A-BULL shambles that’s wrecking NSW/Australia, compromising public health, farmland integrity, and national security.

*COMMONWEALTH PFAS BAN
Some types have been found to be toxic to human health and the environment. In its most definitive regulatory action taken to date, the Commonwealth has effectively banned the import, use and manufacture of some of the more prominent types of PFAS (PFOS, PFOA and PFHxS) from 1 July 2025.
(21 Feb 2024)

*Safety of Grid Scale Lithium-ion Battery Energy Storage Systems
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/352158070_Safety_of_Grid_Scale_Lithium-ion_Battery_Energy_Storage_Systems

*”PFOS and PFOS-related chemicals are still being produced for regulated uses (primarily in China)”
https://greensciencepolicy.org/our-work/building-materials/pfas-in-building-materials/

*“PFOS Chemicals are just as bad for wildlife as they are for humans.
Tests have found that even small levels of contamination can lead to compromised immune systems and brain asymmetry.”
https://www.completehomefiltration.com.au/difference-between-pfas-and-pfos/)

*WINAICO’s Glass-Glass Solar Modules are PFAS-Free - WINAICO Australia - 17/6/24
https://www.winaico.com.au/blog/winaicos-glass-glass-solar-modules-are-pfas-free - ‘in order to reduce harmful chemicals being released
in the environment, to protect human health, ecosystems and wildlife from contamination, enable safe rainwater consumption and reduce Toxic Solar waste with a sustainable, reusable product.’

*Solar Realities - Physicist John Droz jr
https://election-integrity.info/Energy/Solar_Energy_Concerns.pdf
We know that these are some of the toxic (some carcinogenic) chemicals that have been identified as likely being in solar panels:
Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAs) (also see here and here) Perfluorooctane sulphonate (PFOS)
Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)
Fluorinated Ethylene (FEP)
Cadmium Telluride
Copper Indium Selenide Cadmium Gallium diselenide Copper Indium Gallium diselenide Silicon Tetrachloride Hexafluoroethane
Polyvinyl Fluoride

*It does not matter how much PFAS we take out of the environment if we keep on pumping them in.
Relying on clean-ups is like bailing out a sinking boat with a teacup while the crew is busy drilling new holes in the hull.
PFAS: Why clean-up technology alone cannot solve the problem
https://chemsec.org/why-pfas-remediation-alone-cannot-solve-the-problem/

*PFAS waste from solar panels: ‘This is something that people in the sector don’t like to talk about’ - 3/7/2024
https://chemsec.org/pfas-waste-from-solar-panels-this-is-something-that-people-in-the-sector-dont-like-to-talk-about/

*SAVING GREENE: Citizens For Sensible Solar
https://www.facebook.com/groups/CitizensForSensibleSolar/

*PFAS and Other Compounds
in Solar Panels, Wiring, and Coatings https://documents.dps.ny.gov/public/Common/ViewDoc.aspx?DocRefId=%7BC0A8A29D-275C-45FD-97DB-F8BA66E80800%7D
‘Renewable energy should offer more than promises that it is good for the environment.
The solar industry promotes photovoltaic (PV) technology in the most wholesome terms: generating clean, free power from the sun.
This benevolent assessment potentially omits environmental impacts during the manufacturing, operational lifetime, and disposal of solar panels and battery storage systems.
Host towns need proof, not simply promises, when evaluating how renewable projects may affect their residents and environment, both now and in the future.

We need precedent-setting amendments to the Local Government, State & Federal Laws to prohibit using Solar Panels, Wind Turbines & BESS that “utilize or contain any amount of GenX chemicals or polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) substances” in order to protect our essential productive Food growing land & vital Water 💦 supplies.’

*’Forever chemicals’ used in Lithium Ion Batteries Threaten Environment, Research Finds | Lithium-ion batteries | The Guardian 14/7/24
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/jul/14/forever-chemicals-lithium-ion-batteries-environment

*Defective or Damaged Solar Panel Recycling Mandated for 135 MW project – pv magazine Australia
https://www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2025/02/13/defective-or-damaged-solar-panel-recycling-mandated-for-135-mw-project/

*NHMRC Updated Australian Drinking Water Guidelines - 25 June 2025, including:
• revised chemical fact sheets on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), selenium, lead and manganese
• an information sheet on metals and metalloids leaching from plumbing products
• a new chemical fact sheet on bismuth
• a new combined chemical fact sheet on silicon and silica
• consequential edits to the Guidelines to align advice and ensure consistency.
The Australian Drinking Water Guidelines webpage
New and revised health-based guideline values and advice has been developed for the following PFAS to reduce health risks from exposure to these chemicals in Australian drinking water:
* PFOA (perfluorooctanoic acid): 200 ng/L
* PFOS (perfluorooctane sulfonic acid): 8 ng/L
* PFHxS (perfluorohexane sulfonic acid): 30 ng/L
* PFBS (perfluorobutane sulfonic acid): 1000 ng/L
* GenX chemicals (hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid and its ammonium salt): no health-based guideline value can be derived at this time
PFAS Project webpage has been updated to include an overview of the PFAS review, highlighting the guideline development process, associated health risks, and other key related information.
Contact [email protected]
Alan Singh
Executive Director, Research Quality and Advice
National Health and Medical Research Council

*A range of PFAS is also subject to the Stockholm Convention for the protection of human health and the environment from persistent organic pollutants (POPs) (ie, PFOS, PFHxS, PFOA and potentially all long chain perfluoroalkyl carboxylic acids).
"We have a human right to clean drinking water and an environment free of toxic load,” Dr Stops said. “Dr Orellana reminded us that Australia has ratified the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in 2004.

*World Health Organization now lists two PFAS as carcinogens or possible carcinogens: perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) as a Group 1 carcinogen and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) as a Group 2B carcinogen.

*Leaching Via Weak Spots in Solar Panels
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/348883160_Leaching_via_Weak_Spots_in_Photovoltaic_Modules
“Our long-term experiments clearly demonstrate that it is possible to leach out all, or at least a large amount, of the (toxic) elements from the photovoltaic modules. It is therefore not sufficient to carry out experiments just over 24 h and to conclude on the stability and environmental impact of photovoltaic modules.”

*Contamination from Industrialised Solar’s Galvanised Steel Supports
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/srbXaCbKgVXocgsm/?mibextid=xfxF2i

*Grid Scale Batteries & Fire Risk
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/656f411497ae14084ad8d03a/t/66fd2383b56dbc6906390297/1727865736681/Fannon-Batteries.pdf

*Disaster at Moss Landing: The Risk of Battery Storage - YouTube - 16/1/25
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuTaZFQA18E

*https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/02/20/massive-green-battery-plant-catches-on-fire-again-weeks-after-major-toxic-blaze/

*https://localnewsmatters.org/2025/02/13/environmental-tests-reveal-elevated-levels-of-toxic-metals-since-moss-landing-battery-fire/

*https://www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea/article/environmental-tests-reveal-battery-metals-around-20163514.php

*https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/elevated-levels-heavy-metals-elkhorn-slough-lithium-battery-facility-fire/

AN IMMEDIATE MORATORIUM on all RenewaBULL Infrastructure & the Interconnector Nightmare is ESSENTIAL!

*NOTE: TransGrid has not complied with the National Electricity Rules (NER) clause 5.15.2 in identifying credible options:
DISPUTE filed by the Centre for Independent Studies with the AUSTRALIAN ENERGY REGULATOR.

I object to the Denman BESS because industrial-scale solar and battery installations introduce unacceptable toxic and chemical hazards, waste burdens, groundwater and soil risks, and structural fire dangers that no community should be forced to host. These systems undermine Australia’s energy reliability, weaken national sovereignty, damage economic stability, and erode the affordable baseload foundation provided by coal and future nuclear. There is extensive independent research demonstrating the environmental, material, and supply-chain liabilities associated with these technologies, and I reject the imposition of an energy model that compromises public health, farmland integrity, and national security.

We oppose this Denman BESS on the grounds that its operational risks — including thermal runaway, gas venting, and toxic extinguishing chemicals — are incompatible with community safety.
Renewable-battery grids require constant backup and inflate electricity costs.
Returning to reliance on Australia’s base-load coal power capabilities offer far superior reliability and protection of biodiversity as well as security from hostile actors.

We greatly object to this dangerously toxic, increased fire risk, poisonous, inefficient and insecure plan with irreversible contamination impacts.
Metlen’s BESS will greatly burden the local region and all Australians with unhealthy contamination, severe fire hazards, and massive end-of-life, toxic waste.
Independent research proves that pathetic, intermittent ‘renewables’ increasingly drive up costs and deliver unreliable output.
The Government and complicit approving authorities are being extremely deceptive with their ‘renewable’ propaganda which is against the best interests of Australia as we have the most abundant, clean, controllable coal and nuclear options that are far, far superior and do not endanger communities.

Metlen’s Denman BESS plan is fundamentally unsafe due to the concentration of flammable materials, toxic coolants, and hazardous electrical systems.

Intermittent solar, wind, battery swindels impose instability on the grid and contribute to skyrocketing energy bills and cost of living hardship.

The Hunter region deserves a new HELE Coal Power Station ASAP for reliable, affordable, secure and clean, sovereign, base-load power instead of this CCP reliant, toxic disaster.

Contamination and Waste Management are issues that are being swept under the carpet. It’s time government stop putting renewable energy targets ahead of the nation’s public health and food security. Please see attahment for details: