Representation by Simon Stafford
- Date submitted
- 14 March 2022
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
Oppose. Against. Biased and contrived consultation. Deliberately avoided all BESS questions (no excuse its lithium technology which will not advance); no glint and glare report for 1.1 to 1.6 million solar panels; biased SEF paid for environmental reports; deliberately misleading statements on SEF website and by SEF. The solar farm is an elaborate and very expensive smokescreen. Its maximum output does not meet the BESS's capacity (it will never achieve this because of its global location and can produce only a fraction of its maximum capability). It is about buying in cheap energy regardless of how it is generated and selling it back to the grid at inflated prices. The sites were chosen as there are existing solar panels near Red Lodge so a planning application can be made using National Infrastructure which circumvents any local planning requirements. Only reason for this. Why place BESS's 16 miles from the nearest hub? Sunnica stated to BBC News the land they have taken is low grade is a lie/deliberately misleading. It is high grade farmland. Pagerpower glint and glare report. Modelling not done as ‘in their experience’ it is not necessary yet they have never worked on something this big. Military airbase, major roads and residential areas nearby yet predict no significant impact/no solar reflections. Number of shell companies are involved. SEF appears to be one. Shell companies are used deliberately to get out of liabilities. Is it that lithium battery energy storage systems are extremely dangerous especially when it's poorly planned? Sunnica initially planned 10m high BESS units and reduced them to 6m after many complaints but this is still too high. You do not go too high and you must have the ability to vent during fire caused by thermal runaway. If not explosions will result. Lithium and hydrofluoric acid are two particularly unpleasant toxic substances given off from lithium battery first. This plan due to the amateur nature of the applicants has the potential to be an environmental disaster. Loss of UK farmland means over reliance on others to supply UK food. The suppliers deforest to create farmland to supply increase in demand from UK. AECOM - environmental reports paid for by SEF. Will not look like this when finished. Putting forward best scenario. Complete and reprehensible disregard for human life, health and wellbeing as well as residential and business properties. Moved one BESS site to closest position to Red Lodge. Done on a whim without explanation. These people are dangerous. Bullying and intimidation during compulsory land purchase. During consultation stated it would not disclose land purchase negotiations. During consultation Luke Murray used car batteries as an example of lithium battery safety. A couple of days after this Hyundai put out a EV recall. EV ship fire and sinking recently. EV cars banned from high rise car parks in Germany. During consultation Luke Murray stated it is about learning so the biggest planned solar energy farm is an experiment, a very expensive and dangerous at no risk to him.