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Sunnica Energy Farm
Representation by Peter Browne
- Date submitted
- 12 March 2022
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
1/ I object to paying twice for my electricity. To allow for the grid to maintain supplies when the solar farm is not generating the other forms of generation need to be maintained. These other operators need to make an economic return on investment. Therefore when they are allowed to generate the price they charge will be greatly more than they would charge for 24/7 generation. We are in effect paying for 2 operators but allowing only one to be online. 2/ Solar farms,even with battery storage, are some of the worst types of generation with regard to grid resilience. Their inertial response,reactive power and load following are much worse than large rotating generators such as found in gas,nuclear and coal stations.