Tomago Battery Energy Storage System

I object to this project. Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) are too destructive towards the landscapes and environments. What happens to the environment and communities when these catch fire? It is unreasonable that these projects are expected to be in regional locations. This infrastructure is too toxic to the surrounding environment, humans and animals.

I have concerns as a neighboring property to the amount of Battery Fires and chemical spills related with Battery storage facilities. I also have concerns with the size and amount of transmission lines needed for this project.

Project not needed - we have no climate emergency - see attached file - this project will become redundant.

TOMAGO BESS - SSD-57107216 Objection Submission

I object strongly to this project on the unassailable solid engineering based ground that Tomago BESS is incapable in supporting solar and wind generation which cannot under any circumstances provide steady reliable power to a power grid. The inherent capacity factor averages around 30% and there is no known or potential generation technology anywhere in the world that can provide adequate fill-in generation for solar and wind systems, except coal, gas or nuclear based systems. Accordingly these system should not be built at huge expense to the public purse followed by vast ecological destruction during building and subsequently when these systems fail and hardware has to be disposed of.

Secondly I object strongly to these systems based upon the fact that they rely on mining by child slave labour in under-developed countries.
Australia should NOT support such reprehensible actions.

John McBratney B.Tech (Electronic Engineering)
Telecommunications Engineer (Rtd