Tilbuster 2 Solar Farm

No independent, long-term safety monitoring is outlined for Tilbuster’s battery system.

There is no care for the people or ecosystems in any way.

This is total unaccepable thatLocals report only hearing about the BESS portion of Tilbuster through indirect channels. the solar will never preform.

This is not just reckless. It is deliberate and systematic environmental destruction!

Heavy battery truck movements will degrade rural roads around Tilbuster dramatically.

THIS IS AN UNETHICAL STORM OF NEGLECT AND ABUSE OF NATURE ….
IT’S ALL PAIN & NO GAIN FOR AUSTRALIA AS ENERGY POVERTY RENEWABULLS ARE THE ASBESTOS OF THE FUTURE!

This plan shows “a lack of care that demonstrates reckless disregard for the safety or lives of others, which is so great it appears to be a conscious violation of other people's rights to safety.”

Three things are clear about the diabolical NSW renewable infrastructure roadmap & Federal Directives:
👉🏻Many landscapes will never be the same;
👉🏻Electricity will become more expensive and less reliable;
👉🏻None of this will alter the climate and
👉🏻Australia will soon be under the Control of our most Hostile Enemy - the Chinese Communist Party

As Patricia Adams so aptly states in China's Energy Dream -
“Carbon dioxide reduction only makes sense for those China wishes to harm & supplant." 
https://www.thegwpf.org/content/uploads/2021/12/Adams-Chinas-Energy-Dream.pdf

It’s glaringly obvious that:
👉🏻’Renewables’ are a Trojan Horse for Socialism masquerading as Environmentalism”

👉🏻Weather dependent stuff – CANNOT deliver power on demand – but guarantees Economic Misery, Environmental Destruction and Community Disruption.

According to the most credible Electrical Engineering Experts this Solar BESS plan & NSW RenewaBull Infrastructure Roadmap - orchestrated by the Climate Change Authority Chair - who was previously the Coalition’s NSW Energy Minister & Treasurer - can only be described as SHAMBOLIC POLICY MAKING, DANGEROUS TO GRID OPERATION & TOTALLY MAD!

THIS IS AN INCESTUOUS, FAKE GREEN SWAMP AGAINST AUSRALIALIA’s BEST INTERESTS - WITH VESTED INTEREST TENTACLES ALL BENEFITING THE GREEDY FAKE GREEN GRAVY TRAIN & CHINA.

As 10% of the unethical, PFOS coated, Heavy Metal Leaching Solar Panels will typically arrive on site DAMAGED OR FAULTY - Will they be leaching already & shedding Toxic PFOS?
Where will these thousands of Toxic classed Solar panels be dumped on arrival?

**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/

**Paris Agreement aims to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change, in the context of sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty.
Taking over farmland to build facilities to produce intermittent energy is a violation of Article 2, Section 1(b) of the Paris Agreement (2015).
Article 2 1(b) of the 2015 Paris Agreement states:
“This Agreement... aims to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change, in the context of sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty, including by:
“(b) Increasing the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development,  IN A MANNER THAT DOES NOT THREATEN FOOD PRODUCTION”; See: https://unfccc.int/files/essential_background/convention/application/pdf/english_paris_agreement.pdf .

**Livestock Production Assurance Program
The particular question is 2.8 of the "Food Safety on Your Property" section. 

*”Do livestock have access to leaking electrical transformers, capacitors, hydraulic equipment, solar panels, wind turbines, coal seam gas structures or coal mine wastes?"*

- Yes
- No
- I am now aware and making plans to restrict access

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2147446775628698/posts/2222816628091712/ https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2222816628091712&id=2147446775628698

**Unmasking the Toxic Truth - The Solar Panel Waste Story 
https://youtu.be/_Ck2dHflJ3s?si=0WS5CYhuCb6hNvP0

**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.”

**Solar Realities - Physicist John Droz jr
https://election-integrity.info/Energy/Solar_Energy_Concerns.pdf 

**Victoria solar farm shut down after fire in on-site inverters, must mow grass | RenewEconomy - 24/2/25
https://reneweconomy.com.au/victoria-solar-farm-shut-down-after-fire-in-on-site-inverters-must-mow-grass/

**’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

**Safety of Grid Scale Lithium-ion Battery Energy Storage Systems
“The scale of Li-ion BESS energy storage envisioned at “mega scale” energy farms is unprecedented and requires urgent review. The explosion potential and the lack of engineering standards to prevent thermal runaway may put control of “battery fires” beyond the knowledge, experience and capabilities of local Fire and Rescue Services. 
BESS present special hazards to fire-fighters….”
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/352158070_Safety_of_Grid_Scale_Lithium-ion_Battery_Energy_Storage_Systems

**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/

**Battery recycling plant explodes - twice. (What it means for you.) | Auto Expert John Cadogan - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-nzOJ01Fkc

**https://www.fire.nsw.gov.au/page.php?id=9402
“There is a general lack of guidance and provisions in building codes, standards, and legislation in relation to safety to address the potential risks from these emerging technologies. Part of the problem is that we do not yet know enough about their probability of failure, their mechanisms of failure and potential consequences of failure.”

**”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.’

[NOTE: Chinese Solar Panels are coated in Perfluorooctane Sulfonate or Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid.]

**Australian Drinking Water Guidelines  The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has drafted an update of the PFAS Fact Sheet within the Guidelines that includes revised and newly established health-based guideline values. The draft PFAS fact sheet is supported by a NHMRC Statement on PFAS in drinking water, which provides a summary of the findings that informed the update.  
The PFAS reviewed as part of the recent update include perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA); perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS); perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS); perfluorobutane sulfonic acid (PFBS) and hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid and its ammonium salt (GenX chemicals). 
Further information on the NHMRC Review of PFAS in Australian drinking water (https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/health-advice/environmental-health/water/PFAS-review) is available on the NHMRC website.

**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.

**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). 

**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)

This solar/ BESS could be transferred to distant owners post-construction—no local oversight. No social licence.

Without drought planning, Tilbuster’s BESS may underperform or fail silently in heat.
How will to developer prepare.

Tilbuster grazing land will be locked off by electrified fencing and battery infrastructure.
What will happen to the wildlife?

This isn’t about energy — it’s about control. Weakening Australia’s grid while empowering the Chinese Communist Party is not just foolish — it’s national sabotage.

Power inverters and battery fans will generate constant background noise.

Community promises made about the project benefits don’t reference the BESS and aren’t binding.

This plan has No Cost-Benefit Analysis, No Accountability!
Billions are being funnelled into ‘renewable’ JUNK with no engineering facts, no factual grid modeling, no full-cycle environmental assessment, and zero consequences for failure.

Presence of BESS adds high-energy ignition points amid dry grass. Inviting bushfire disaster.
Will the developer have personal available to fight fires?

Tilbuster’s open-country charm is destroyed by fenced arrays and storage containers.
how will to developer compensate the community for decades to come.

This plan is Economic Suicide by Ideology.
Shutting down coal without any viable alternative is pure madness.
This isn’t a transition, it’s a demolition!

Local zoning protects farmland and stay gazetted for food, not high-capacity solar+BESS installations. This is madness

Dust and erosion will increase when groundcover is removed for both panel arrays and battery pads. how will this be prepared
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I Object on the following grounds:
* * 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;
* * 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.
* * 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.

Clearing native vegetation fragments habitat; battery sheds increase the footprint of ecosystem disturbance. the native wildlife will be under threat.