Stratford Pumped Hydro and Solar

We need to protect the security of Australia’s power and energy. Going into business with the major shareholders being Chinese is a national security threat to our nation. Our government needs to wake up before it is too late.

You are destroying the environment to save it. Make this make sense.

Malcolm Turnbull, aka “Malfunction”. How is his Snowy Hydro 2.0 project currently going? Can this hydro project be trusted in the Hunter region? NO, it can’t! Learn from the Malfunction that has proven to be a disaster.
Don’t destroy more land for stupidity.

STOP. DESTROYING. THE. ENVIRONMENT with these projects.

I object to the environmental destruction these projects cause.

I object to this nonsense and all destruction pertaining to this project.

Solar is NOT environmentally friendly, nor is it a reliable form of energy. Solar beings with it significant toxic and harmful chemicals that will negatively impact the surroundings.

These projects are too destructive for the environment and nearby communities.

In light of the escalating issues in Broken Hill, the downsides of pumped hydro, industrial-scale solar, and massive battery installations are more evident than ever. These projects consume immense tracts of land, displacing native plants and animals, and threatening the delicate balance of local ecosystems. Pumped hydro strains water resources, which are already scarce, while solar panels and batteries require frequent replacements, generating hazardous waste and imposing further environmental risks.
They do not provide the energy generation that the modelling claims they do . Beyond the land use and waste, these systems are heavily reliant on intermittent weather patterns, leading to inconsistent energy supplies.

Nuclear energy, on the other hand, offers a stable, high-output alternative with minimal land impact and waste. By investing in modern nuclear technology, we could provide consistent energy to power communities while safeguarding natural resources and land that would otherwise be sacrificed. As the Broken Hill situation shows, it’s time to prioritize sustainable, reliable options over intermittent, unreliable costly short-term fixes.

Pumped hydro projects take up massive areas of land, often in rural and wild spaces, which has serious environmental costs. Building these facilities disrupts native vegetation, alters water systems, and consumes vast landscapes. This kind of development fragments habitats and threatens ecosystems that critically endangered species rely on, leading to even more pressures on biodiversity.

Similarly, industrial-scale solar electricity generation require large tracts of land, often destroyed fertile agricultural areas or natural habitats. These installations block out sunlight from the ground, affecting endangered plants and smaller species, and pose a threat to ecosystems already under strain. The panels themselves need frequent maintenance and eventual replacement, creating a cycle of waste that adds to the environmental impact.

Both pumped hydro and solar installations face the issue of inconsistent power generation. Hydro depends on water availability, which fluctuates with rainfall, and solar is only effective when the sun shines. As energy demands grow, these sources fall short of delivering the steady, dependable power that communities need, often leading to more reliance on backup systems and driving up costs. As the power outage in Broken Hill has highlighted this broken unreliable system.

Gas and nuclear energy stand as more consistent alternatives. Gas plants can be scaled up or down to meet demand, while nuclear energy provides a high, constant output with a small land footprint. Investing in smaller, modern nuclear plants could be a sustainable solution, combining reliability with minimal environmental disruption.

I hope more people have the courage to stand up against the industrialisation of our country , the Immense amount of farmland being covered in Solar turbines , batteries and transmission lines. It is a scar on our country and it is detrimental to the next generation. The junk that will be left to clean up.
Most know we must have Nuclear and gas to supply energy to an ever increasing population with immigration just this year being 500,000.

Pumped hydro is a farce, it uses far more energy and resources to pump the water up than it generates sending it down, I hope for some sense to come to our energy generation

I’m about to turn 18 at the end of this year. I am very concerned with all the large scale Solar that I see going up everywhere , will it give us reliable power and who will be left to clean it up. Will it be my generation that will be left to clean up??
Pump Hydro!, why are we wasting energy? Pumping water? Uphill? It just seems ridiculous. I hope that the people making the decisions make better decisions and bring us gas and Nuclear that will have less impact on the land less for my generation to clean up and more electricity, reliable and cheaper for everyone .

This will destroy the local environment. The solar infrastructure is toxic.

I object to the detrimental impacts of Stratford PHES & Solar Factory - devastating our ecology, biodiversity & Agriculture land.
Flawed energy strategies ruining our beneficial Coal Power supply & jeopardising our food production, threatens our energy security, food security, national security and rural economies.

We oppose reliance on untrustworthy, off-shore, ‘shell’ company developers & their dodgy, imported energy solutions like this plan, when we have abundant, efficient, natural resources available domestically that are FAR superior with minimal footprint.
We are being deliberately deprived & our voices as consumers are being ignored in policy-making, leading to decisions that do not reflect our realities.

Dear Kurtis,
Thank you for the opportunity to provide comments on the Stratford Renewable Energy Hub - SSI and CSSI proposal. Council’s comments relate to 4 specific areas:
1. Payment of Section 7.12 Development Contributions
2. Mitigation of Landscape and Visual Impact
3. Social and Economic Impact
4. Biodiversity Impact
These areas are outlined in detail in the attachments to this submission.
Kind Regards,
Paul De Szell