Another two big battery projects in New South Wales are destined to head to the state’s independent panel for review after being swamped with letters of opposition, almost entirely from long distance opponents – many of them familiar and serial objectors.
The 200 megawatt (MW), 800 megawatt hour (MWh) Romani battery project near Booroorban in the south-west of the state and the 100 MW, 870 MWh Ebor battery project in the north of the state, have both attracted more than 60 submissions opposing their projects as they work their way through state planning approvals.
Once the numbers objections reach 50, a project must be sent for review by the Independent Planning Commission even if – as is often the case – there are no submissions against the proposal from the local area.
The objections to the Romani and Ebor batteries have a familiar theme. Many are from a network of “SOS”- Save our Surroundings – groups scattered across three states, and several small communities appear to be particularly agitated by battery proposals, wherever they are located.
The small town of Moulamein once again figures prominently, and is the home of 9 different objectors to both the Romani battery, located more than 100 km away from the town of 500 people, and the Ebor battery, more than 1,100 km away.
