Maison Dieu Solar Farm

What kind of future are we giving our children if we allow this horrible, contaminating development on our irreplaceable food growing land?
They deserve clean air and land as well as far superior Australian Power.
We have a duty to ensure their Intergenerational Equity.

This land has fed our families for generations; we can’t let it be ruined by toxic waste!
NO HAZARDOUS SOLAR & BESS!!

Solar’s heavy metals - including Lead & PFAS from the BESS will contaminate the Hunter River & destroy the healthy fish population that our family & friends rely on for food and income.

Our lives & stock depend on clean land and water. This toxic Solar/BESS industrial complex threatens our health and our livelihood!

I object to this proposal & the adverse cumulative environment, agricultural & economic impacts of such facilities Australia wide.
I understand solar panels leech chemicals into soils and it’s only 400m from the Hunter River. What impact will this have on water quality & runoff?
We will come to a point where we no longer produce milk in this country. It’s outrageous to cover our agricultural land in this junk that only produces intermittent power destroying the reliability of the energy grid & power prices and our agricultural land.
If the Government continues to go down this path., why isn’t roof top solar enough? Didn’t South Australia just experience an oversupply of solar energy from rooftop solar during the day? Why are we covering our agricultural land in this junk?
Please stop this madness and rethink ruinables!

How is all this energy generating infrastructure going to be connected to the grid. The transmission line will kill birds by electcurtion
There are many endangered birds in this area. The night parrot thought to be extinct has been seen in NSW. The majestic owl & the masked owl could be losted forever. The square talked kite is on the list. What will become of these raptor bird when vast Hectares are covered in solar panels. t
The removal of tree for habit and the loss of hunting area for food put this bird at greater risk.

Submission is provided as an attachment

We wish to object to the Maison Dieu Solar Project. As an adjoining landholder we believe it is too close to nearby residences. There is 7 residences within 50 - 150 metres from this project, the visual impact is dramatic for these residences. If this is approved we are worried about the flow on effect from this project for further expansion and other projects in this area.
Thankyou , Todd & Sharron

My main objections to this hazardous Solar + BESS development are as follows:
1. The Paris Agreement states that Agricultural Land is to be protected from the type of developments proposed. That is utilising grazing but more importantly arable land to establish Industrial Complexes.
Only 4 per cent to 6 per cent of Australia's land mass is arable.
2. Much of the development money is from a Chinese Company connected to The Chinese Communist Party and therefore The Chinese Governnment. Australia has already witnessed how China treats other nations who question their policies. To have The P. R. C. construct power systems for Australia seems ludicrous - particularly as these systems do not provide reliable power and at the same time make China stronger and weaken Australia.
3. The hoped for introduction of AUKUS must surely point out the need for a Nuclear Power Industry particularly for South Australia.
4. When both the Federal and State Governments wake up to the fact that we are living in The Nuclear Age one would hope that the unbridled spread of these unreliable tax payer subsidised operations providing unreliable power would cease.
5. What agency, when common sense prevails, is going to remove these installations that are a blight on our wonderful Australian landscape and are making a few wealthy and the majority of Australians poorer in many ways.

The Maison Dieu Solar Farm project presents significant environmental risks, including habitat destruction, threats to endangered species, incorrect carbon accounting, long-term pollution from solar panel degradation, and the exacerbation of the heat island effect. The inclusion of a 40MW/2-hour battery storage system adds further environmental risks, such as hazardous material waste, fire risks, and broader carbon lifecycle impacts. The cumulative effects on biodiversity, soil health, water systems, and local temperature regulation suggest that the project poses too great a risk to proceed in its current form.

I Object to Maison Dieu Solar Electricity Generating Works & BESS because:-
* It is destructive to native flora and fauna;
* Construction will leave a legacy of land destruction that is unlikely to be rectified by the builder;
* It is an abomination on the natural landscape along with the whole NSW Energy Infrastructure Roadmap;
* It is part of a system that costs billions, does not work reliably and attempts to solve a problem that does not exist, in other words useless and irresponsible use of public funds;
* All such infrastructures should be built at developer’s expense, NOT on public funds, we are told wind and solar are the cheapest, well prove it, remove all subsidises do not build this system on public funds;
* The TOTAL cost has not been verified by independent experts, (refer to cost overruns of most projects in NSW;)
* There is NO verified scientific basis for reduction of CO2 in the atmosphere so this project is a total waste of public money, along with all other such projects.  There is in fact reliable verifiable scientific proof that CO2 is beneficial to plant life and by extension to human life on earth.

I Object to Maison Dieu Solar Electricity Generating Works & BESS as I am extremely concerned for the great loss of farming land and land for animal life!
When we lose endangered animals they are gone!

I also feel farmers are not protected from malpractice when they lease their land to big companies. My information tells me that their contracts do not protect farmers from having to dispose later of any waste.
The Government must responsibly ensure that overseas investors do not contribute to the waste challenges we already have, but as it stands this has not been adequately put in place at all.

The fact is that so called ‘renewables’ will not bring enough energy to supply ordinary Australians. They have not been proven to deliver continuous supply - approx 20% average Capacity Factor for Solar is NOT good enough!

I am very unhappy that there is no opportunity for open debate on this destructive energy depriving venture that will change the life of all Australians.
The fact is energy costs will rise for ordinary, already struggling householders.

The spin is: ‘ It looks good’.... NO!!!! NOT TRUE!!!
‘The Heavy Metals - including Lead - do not affect people’….. UNTRUE!!!
‘Farmers are in for a good deal’ ….. NOT AT ALL!!!

Industrialised Solar Electricity Generating Works & an incapable Battery Energy Storage System is an extremely destructive, disingenuous plan with a contaminating lifecycle that is not one bit clean, green or sustainable.
Being weather dependent is useless, only ensuring it will never provide reliable, cheap power on demand.
Australians need far superior 24/7 Australian power with a minimal environmental footprint.

As a lifelong farmer, seeing our beautiful farming lands being transformed into industrial zones is a crying shame. These so called renewable projects are an insult to the men and women who've been feeding the nation for the past 250years. The contamination from the panels will be a forever problem for a very short term, short sighted gain. There are better options coming available and we'd be better off to wait for nuclear than to deface our continent with this forever rubbish. It is not recyclable and will be landfill.
I Object to this project wholeheartedly.

Not GREEN and NOT renewable! All natural resources required and used to construct the project will be a huge drain on our natural environment. A solar panel does not make a new solar panel in 10-15 years, they will be landfill. This is just shifting a problem not addressing it properly. Batteries and solar panels are also fire risks, another burden on our natural environment! Shipping in panels from China or wherever, nusing our natural resources is, once again, shifting the problem.

The lifespan of solar panels is too short, they are too big of a burden on the environment on decommissioning. The natural resources required to build, transport and erect solar farms on this scale is a detriment and not a benefit. Put them where there are already unused rooftops!! Sheds, car spaces, etc. NOT where the soils will be contaminated.

More research and testing is required to prove that "forever chemicals" or any toxic substance, will never contaminate the surrounding soils and waterways.

Please refer to my attached submission.

I OBJECT to Terrain Solar’s horrible plan for Maison Dieu Solar Electricity Generating Works with 110,000 Environmentally Destructive, TOXIC Solar Panels & Hazardous PFAS causing BESS that are a grossly negligent FIRE Disaster, only work part-time & create a massive pile of toxic waste that is ruining Australia.

Maison Dieu Solar ‘Factory’ & BESS is part of the most obscene, non-sensical, ruinable plans for Australia, destroying our precious biodiversity & ecology, contaminating our essential Agricultural land & water supplies & seriously harming Australian people & our children’s future forever with toxic junk & energy deprivation.