Representation by Peter Gidlow
- Date submitted
- 13 February 2022
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
I cannot begin to explain why I vehemently object to this entire project, however I will try: 1.The entire area proposed is one of natural beauty that people either come to specifically to see and be in, or pass through on their way to the many other locations in the Suffolk/Norfolk/Cambridgeshire area. It will be decimated by this project. 2. Solar energy is not free when it is considered the detrimental offset of increased food miles due to food that will now have to be transported in. And, as a consequence, how is this going to help the local farming communities that already struggle to find manageable level land? The short-term gain in construction jobs will pale into insignificance when compared to the permanently lost Agricultural employment, both primary and secondary supporting jobs. 3. The principle of siting solar farms on arable land and then having to provide high risk storage facilities, and all the necessary infrastructure, near to/through high occupancy living areas is fundamentally flawed. There are millions of square metres of warehouse roof space that can be used. Warehouses that have minimal day light panels and as such have high power interior lighting on all day and night. Solar panels on the roofs would all but negate the need for high capacity storage batteries miles from the end user. What batteries that would be needed would be considerable smaller and further away from human habitats. 4. The mini nuclear reactors, being developed by Rolls Royce, would be more preferable to this plan, and I'm not a great lover of those due to the long-term consequence of nuclear waste management. 5. We are storing up environmental issues for our children and their children when it comes to decommissioning, for which there is no clear plan. 6. As I understand it the majority of these panel will come from the PRC, how does the governments ethical sourcing fit with this? 7. Rather than trying to generate more electricity, with projects such as this, more emphasis should be placed on everyone using less of it! To close, when are we going to wake up and realise, 'we cannot eat electricity, but we can eat without it'!