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Steel River East Battery Energy Storage System
Newcastle City
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Construction, operation, and decommissioning of a battery energy storage system (BESS) with a capacity of 200MW/400MWh and ancillary infrastructure.
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EIS (11)
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Swan Hill
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Victoria
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You crazy adult are making bad decisions and this junk will be let to my generation to clean up
Thanks for nothing. Regards the next generation
Thanks for nothing. Regards the next generation
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Moulamein
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New South Wales
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Routine water use can be excluded from your Environmental Impact Statement.
Will you publish annual water usage reports and disclose this data publicly to ensure transparency?
Will you publish annual water usage reports and disclose this data publicly to ensure transparency?
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Moulamein
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New South Wales
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There are 9 main components of a BESS
What are the decommissioning and or recycling plans of these components?
What are the decommissioning and or recycling plans of these components?
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Gannawarra
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Victoria
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What is being put in place for Cooling & Maintenance Usage?
How do you quantify routine operational and environmental water use, and will these figures be published monthly for community insight?
How do you quantify routine operational and environmental water use, and will these figures be published monthly for community insight?
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Moulamein
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New South Wales
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What Stormwater & PFAS Management is in place?
What infrastructure or procedures are in place to ensure collected firewater runs through PFAS treatment or storage ponding to prevent groundwater or farm supply contamination?
What infrastructure or procedures are in place to ensure collected firewater runs through PFAS treatment or storage ponding to prevent groundwater or farm supply contamination?
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Barham
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New South Wales
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Testing Protocols
How frequently will suppression systems be tested, and how are these tests tracked and reported—including water usage and system integrity?
How frequently will suppression systems be tested, and how are these tests tracked and reported—including water usage and system integrity?
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Moulamein
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New South Wales
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Water Supply & Storage
Where will the 228,000 L fire suppression supply be stored or sourced—is it mains, recycled wastewater, or well-based, and what’s the redundancy plan if the primary fails?
Where will the 228,000 L fire suppression supply be stored or sourced—is it mains, recycled wastewater, or well-based, and what’s the redundancy plan if the primary fails?
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Moulamein
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New South Wales
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Water availability is critical during droughts, which are common in low rain fall years.
Will you guarantee a drought-contingency plan ensuring water for emergencies without drawing from residential supplies?
Will you guarantee a drought-contingency plan ensuring water for emergencies without drawing from residential supplies?
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BARHAM
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New South Wales
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Battery facilities require regular water for cooling, testing, and washing, but this use is not disclosed.
How much water will the site use per month, and how will it be sourced without impacting nearby farms or aquifers?
How much water will the site use per month, and how will it be sourced without impacting nearby farms or aquifers?
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Torque
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Victoria
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There is no mention of independent third-party fire safety testing.
Will the developer conduct full-scale thermal runaway tests at similar capacity and publish the results?
Will the developer conduct full-scale thermal runaway tests at similar capacity and publish the results?
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Horsham
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Victoria
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Toxic gases like hydrogen fluoride and carbon monoxide can be emitted in battery fires.
Will the site include active gas monitoring and alarms for local residents and responders?
Will the site include active gas monitoring and alarms for local residents and responders?
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Moulamein
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New South Wales
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Lithium battery fires often require hundreds of thousands of litres of water, far more than standard tanks store.
Where will the site store its required 200,000–250,000 L of dedicated firewater, and how will it be maintained in drought conditions?
Where will the site store its required 200,000–250,000 L of dedicated firewater, and how will it be maintained in drought conditions?
Ian McDonald
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WALCHA
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New South Wales
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Contamination and Waste Management are issues that are being swept under the carpet. It’s time government stop putting renewable targets ahead of the nation’s public health and food security. Please see my attached submission for details:
Nerissa Hare
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Gannawarra
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Victoria
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The site sits inside the Steel River Industrial Estate, but it borders mixed-use residential zones including Mayfield, Warabrook, and Maryville.
What buffer zones or emission controls are in place to mitigate risk to these neighbouring residential suburbs?
What buffer zones or emission controls are in place to mitigate risk to these neighbouring residential suburbs?
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Barham
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New South Wales
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The BESS site is located at 1 McIntosh Drive, Mayfield West, in close proximity to thousands of residents and workers.
How have residents in Mayfield West, Tighes Hill, and Islington been directly consulted during the planning phase?
where they aware of the possible Pfas contamination
How have residents in Mayfield West, Tighes Hill, and Islington been directly consulted during the planning phase?
where they aware of the possible Pfas contamination
Wesley Bungay
Support
Wesley Bungay
Support
PATERSON
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New South Wales
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I work in Mayfield in Steel river estate and I fully support this project. it's great to see the shift to reliable renewable energy.
I felt the need to write my support due to all the misinformation around Battery energy storage solution.
I felt the need to write my support due to all the misinformation around Battery energy storage solution.
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MOLLYAN
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New South Wales
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Local farmers, homes and businesses face losing critical water supply, should this project go ahead. How would the community get through periods of drought and water restrictions when this infrastructure would clearly be given water priority?
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COONABARABRAN
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New South Wales
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BESS factories are destroying the landscapes and significantly devaluing residential, agricultural and commercial properties within rural communities. Nobody would want to live anywhere near this heap of fire-causing garbage.
Nuclear MUST be explored. I OBJECT to the BESS and ALL renewable projects that are proposed for Australia
Nuclear MUST be explored. I OBJECT to the BESS and ALL renewable projects that are proposed for Australia
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COONABARABRAN
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New South Wales
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BESS is dangerous and brings hazards to the project and community.
The noises from this BESS project will have negative impacts on the nearby livestock and wildlife. These impacts will be evident in not only everyday life for the animals, but also during breeding and birthing cycles. BESS carries significant fire risk.
The noises from this BESS project will have negative impacts on the nearby livestock and wildlife. These impacts will be evident in not only everyday life for the animals, but also during breeding and birthing cycles. BESS carries significant fire risk.
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Mendooran
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New South Wales
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This battery storage system is of a major fire risk and will put significant strain on local and rural firefighting services. These local firefighting services are not equipped with the resources or man-power to manage emergency fires for when they do break out at this site. Why should the community risk their lives and step up to fight fires for infrastructure that they never wanted there in the first place?
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Project Details
Application Number
SSD-77450458
Assessment Type
State Significant Development
Development Type
Electricity Generation - Other
Local Government Areas
Newcastle City