Upper Hunter South Solar Farm

This toxic contaminating Lightsource bp project must be rejected because Industrialised Solar + BESS Swindle Factories have an ecocidal global track record of being smashed by hail, leaching heavy-metals, Forever Chemical PFOS contamination, thermal runaway, explosions, highly toxic smoke events, and long-term, irreversible pollution.

Intermittent solar/wind is wrecking Australia - already undermining our critical Grid stability and causing unnecessary, unjust and insane increases in power prices and our cost of living crisis.

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

I am completely opposed to this horrible plan as the environmental footprint of industrialised Solar & BESS are far greater than claimed as they’re toxic heavy-metal leaching, PFOS coated purveyors of poison and life-threatening BESS bombs with heavy metals, carcinogenic residues, fire-suppressant pollutants, and end-of-life waste that Australia cannot safely process.

No responsible energy system should ever compromise farmland, water resources, or national sovereignty when far superior, Australian Coal alternatives exist.

Lightsource bp’s CCP reliant Upper Hunter Solar + BESS disaster is totally incompatible with Australia’s national interest.

It embeds foreign-dependent technology, introduces high-risk PFOS coated, Heavy-metal leaching Solar toxins and poisonous, life threatening, Lithium-ion chemical structures, as well as destabilising the grid through CCP control of intermittent inputs which massively increase electricity prices.

Australia already possesses the naturally plentiful, reliable, affordable and secure, 24/7 base-load Coal power resources that stable nations must rely on.

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

This toxic contaminating Lightsource bp proposal is obscene as it sacrifices essential, irreplaceable land and water security to host a heavy-metal leaching, PFOS Solar contaminating and FIRE Hazardous, life-threatening BESS catastrophe that cannot deliver base-load power reliably on demand, affordably or securely.

Global data shows Industrialised Solar and BESS sites have caused toxic fires, mass evacuations, and significant, irreversible contamination.

Australia must immediately strengthen its sovereign energy systems, not expose communities to this extremely hazardous, insecure and astronomically costly, CCP reliant junk.

We totally object to Lightsource bp’s plan for environmentally vandalising Upper Hunter PFOS coated, heavy-metal leaching Industrialised Solar curse and dangerous, Fire hazardous BESS with toxic Bis-FASI PFAS contaminants, poisonous hydrofluoric acid & other deadly chemicals that have dire impacts - causing an obvious & proven public health and safety disaster as shown by the Moss Landing fires.

There is no guaranteed decommissioning or remediation plan with an essential, upfront bond and no credible plan for safe disposal - ensuring the hazardous waste created would persist for decades - unjustly ruining Intergenerational Equity and defying the Principles of Ecologically Sustainable Development.

This filthy, CCP prioritising Lightsource bp plan is the antithesis of clean and sustainable - ensuring nothing but funnelling money to the Vested Interest Fake Green Gravy Train.

There is widespread resistance to the RUIN-A-BULL RORT as it will contaminate our limited, irreplaceable food growing land and vital water sources, rip off energy consumers and destabilise manufacturing and regional economies like the Hunter - by pushing up energy costs and reducing reliability and security.

As ‘RENEWABLES ARE THE ASBESTOS OF THE FUTURE,’ it’s unconscionable that authorities keep lying & deceiving the public - irresponsibly taking no decontamination action at all when there were multiple B-Double rollovers - carting toxic classed, unethical JA Solar panels out to Stubbo Solar near Gulgong - with piles of contaminating broken Solar panels spread along the roadside and in the table drain near Denman.

Our superior Coal and a future Nuclear industry are paramount in order to provide the dependable foundation our country requires - instead of this pathetic and highly destructive Lightsource bp swindle.

Lightsource bp’s toxic contaminating Upper Hunter Solar and BESS disaster introduces unacceptable toxic risks: heavy metal leaching from unethical, PFOS Coated Solar panels, hazardous battery fires, poisonous emissions, hydrofluoric acid, Bis-FASI PFAS contaminants and structural instability during fault conditions.

Fake Green, Energy Depriving, Industrialised Solar/Wind Electricity Generating Works & manipulative BESS like this taxpayer/consumer rip-off of parasitic Lightsource bp unjustly 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, as well 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.
We vigorously object to the Upper Hunter South Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage System Projects.

I completely object to Lightsource bp’s obnoxious Upper Hunter South PFOS contaminating, Heavy-metal leaching Solar and hazardous BESS JUNK being dumped in the Riverina as RENEWABULLS ARE THE ASBESTOS OF THE FUTURE!

This disaster is part of the totally fudged climate con and reckless ruin-a-bull rort that’s nothing but a slush fund for Vested Interests prioritising the CCP’s toxic contaminating curse that will sterilise our productive land, pollute our essential water, destroy biodiversity, burden and poison communities with unmitigateable hazardous smoke, forever chemical residue, and unmanageable, toxic waste that cannot be economically recycled if ever that’s even possible.

What a horrible plan from Lightsource bp for Upper Hunter! They are nothing but disingenuous,untrustworthy, subsidy sucking predators who’re palming off their disgusting plans to our most hostile enemy - the CCP!

This totally unacceptable, poisonous rubbish exposes the Denman/Hunter region to hazardous materials, creates toxic waste liabilities, and undermines the stability of the national grid.
Countries reliant on battery-backed, intermittent solar/wind experience energy poverty and industrial decline as well as cyber security implications that arise from reliance on CCP produced components - which will cripple Australia.
Australia should not repeat their mistakes when better Australian power options right here in the Hunter - like coal and future nuclear power exist.

We oppose Lightsource bp’s poisonous Upper Hunter plan on the grounds that its operational risks — including masses of unethically sourced, PFOS coated Solar panels leaching heavy metals, thermal runaway, gas venting, and toxic extinguishing chemicals — are incompatible with community safety.

Weather dependent Solar/Wind/Battery Grids have no benefits as they only have detrimental impacts and require constant backup as well as greatly inflating electricity costs.

Returning to reliance on Australia’s base-load coal power capabilities offers far superior reliability and protection of biodiversity as well as security from hostile actors.

This Lightsource bp plan threatens the Hunter’s long-term viability by industrialising precious rural land and contaminating vital water systems with extremely hazardous compounds that degrade ecosystems, weaken grid security, and undermine economic resilience.

Independent evidence shows intermittent Solar/Wind/BESS 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, Hunter coal power resources - which must remain the anchor of our national stability.

I object to Lightsource bp’s unethical, core components being typically sourced through slave labour supply chains that carries seriously detrimental geopolitical, environmental, and ethical consequences.

Industrialised Solar Factories and lithium-ion BESS introduce persistent pollution, fire hazards, and highly toxic, irrreversible residue for vital water sources and food growing land in the Hunter and everywhere else.

CCP reliant Solar/Wind Turbines and Batteries weaken Australia - sabotaging our electricity grid and depriving us of energy security, food security, economic prosperity, productivity and national security.

Lightsource bp’s toxic proposal must be rejected as it contradicts every principle of responsible energy planning:
👉🏻It replaces secure, domestic baseload Power supplied by coal in the Hunter - that works on demand, with hazardous, short-lived battery stockpiles from China, intermittent, energy poverty output, and CCP dependency.
👉🏻Independent analysis shows these projects undermine productivity, seriously damage landscapes on a massive scale, contaminate soil and water - eliminating agriculture and impose enduring toxic waste burdens.

Lightsource bp’s Upper Hunter Solar/ BESS Swindle Factory 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.

Lightsource bp’s contaminating Industrialised Solar and BESS Upper Hunter plan is fundamentally unsafe due to the concentration of PFOS and Bis-FASI PFAS, heavy metals, highly 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.

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 Upper Hunter Solar + BESS Swindle Factory because ECOCIDAL, industrialised Solar and 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.

Lightsource bp’s destructive system 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.

Considering the Government has now poured a massive amount of Australian Taxpayers money into Solar manufacturing in the Hunter, any Industrialised SOLAR APPROVAL MUST NOW INCLUDE A CONDITION OF LOCALLY PRODUCED HUNTER SOLAR PANELS ONLY - ENSURING NO MORE PFOS COATED CHINESE SOLAR PANELS ARE EVER IMPORTED AGAIN.
https://reneweconomy.com.au/sunshot-program-backs-sun-king-to-bring-large-scale-solar-panel-manufacturing-back-to-australia/

*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)

*NOTE: Chinese Solar Panels (+ their Electrical Wiring) - are coated in Perfluorooctane Sulfonate or Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid.
PFOS is also in the Chinese Solar Inverters.

*”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

*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

*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 oppose this project because industrial solar-battery complexes impose chemical fire risks, hazardous waste streams, foreign-sourced component dependency, and grid instability that are incompatible with Australia’s security and economic needs. Evidence clearly shows that battery systems carry substantial environmental and operational risks, while intermittent solar generation drives up electricity costs and destroys industrial competitiveness. Australia already possesses reliable, sovereign baseload resources that offer stable, affordable, 24/7 power without sacrificing agricultural land or exposing communities to toxic materials. This BESS undermines everything a functioning nation requires.

I completely reject this dangerous and illogical proposal because it compromises public health and safety, food production and water supplies through the introduction of unethically sourced, banned PFOS - coated, toxic classed Solar panels that leach heavy metals and 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.

I completely reject Lightsource bp’s poisonous ‘ASBESTOS OF THE FUTURE’ PFOS SOLAR and Bis-FASI BESS plan because the RenewaBULL Rort is a ‘Law Unto Itself’ - reliant on unethically produced infrastructure that includes leaching toxic heavy metals, PFAS forever chemicals that are banned in Australia as well as dangerous hydrofluoric acid when burnt - which destroys agricultural production and safe water quality.

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, China reliant plan defies all these essential qualities.