SAVE GUNDARY PLAINS
If this project is approved it will directly impact over 60 families who live on its boundary, or next door but one or across the road and another 30 who are close enough to have their views and lives impacted.
Why it matters
Mental Health - There has been and continues to be extreme mental health issues being experienced by many badly affected landholders.
Fire Risk - The site is immediately west of Bushfire Prone Land Vegetation Category 1 (High Risk). Fires are a risk on industrial solar factories - panels, transformers, batteries and substation.
Scenic quality and landscape character - an industrial development will destroy the scenic quality and landscape of Gundary Plains.
What is the Gundary Solar Farm proposal ?
700
Hectares of this
SCALE
A large industrial site of
7 square kilometres to
be covered by around 740,000
x 5m high solar panels
LAND
The site is productive agricultural
land and most of the site is subject land under the State Environmental Planning Policy (infrastructure) 2007
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AESTHETICS
Significant visual impact that
degrades and
devalues the rural landscape
FIRE RISK
A serious fire risk for
neighbours, particularly on the
eastern and southern side from
solar panel and battery fires
and a hampered ability to fight
any fire
that burns onto the facility.
FIRE HAZARD
The people living at the end of Kooringaroo Rd (a NO Through Road) are at significant risk from fires being pushed by north westerly and westerly winds as they will be unlikely to be able to escape.
FIRE HAZARD
The people living at the end of Kooringaroo Rd (a NO Through Road) are at significant risk from fires being pushed by north westerly and westerly winds as they will be unlikely to be able to escape.
RADIATION
As a large electricity facility
the amount of exposure to
electromagnetic radiation
is unknown
NOISE
Construction noise levels over
100dB and operation noise over
95dB every 15 minutes
REAL ESTATE
Neighbours and near
neighbours’ properties will
be devalued.
LOCAL IMPACT
The power will be sent to
Canberra or Sydney,
not Goulburn
(as advised by Lightsource bp)
The Solar Electricity Facility
has an expected life of 35 years,
whereas agriculture/farming
has occurred on the Gundary
Plain for over 200 years and
should remain as prime
agricultural land.
OUR FUTURE
If approved this facility will set
a dangerous and irreversible
precedent for further
inappropriate
developments on the
Gundary Plains and around
Goulburn
SUSTAINABILITY
It might affect your property!
It covers 700 hectares
The magnitude –
the scale is that of
an industrial facility
STOP
GUNDARY
SOLAR FARM
7 square kilometres
The maximum output
of 400MW DC peak and will be created by some 740,000 large 5 m high solar panels which we have been told will be made in China.
Industrial Scale Solar Factory
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Goulburn is known for its wind but not for its daily solar exposure. This is confirmed by BOM data which shows Goulburn has 88.4 mean clear days/year (according to 35 years of BOM data).
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Destroys the scenic quality and landscape character of Gundary Plains
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740,000 x 5 metre panels
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A system of inverters and voltage step-up transformers positioned throughout the solar arrays – each inverter/transformer station will be on a skid with dimensions of 20m (L) x 2m (W) x 3m (H).
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154 battery stations with each station measuring 18m(L) x 2m(W) x 4m (H)
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Onsite (close to Windellama Road and 9 residences) a 33/330 kilovolt (kV) substation
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An additional transmission tower to accommodate grid connection.
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Substation is likely to be illuminated overnight.
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Site office and maintenance buildings and car parks.
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An 8 foot high chain mesh perimeter security fence with lighting will be erected on the site boundary.
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Destroys the natural environment to save the planet as most of the existing trees will be destroyed including 2000 planted by Greening Australia, the Australian River Restoration Centre and a previous landowner.A considerable number of native animals are at risk – wombats, wegtail eagles, reptiles and open woodland birds.
Contact our representatives
Contact your representatives and express you views.
Peter Walker, Mayor Goulburn Mulwaree peter.walker@goulburn.nsw.gov.au 0418 215 184
Wendy Tuckerman, State Member for Goulburn goulburn@parliament.nsw.gov.au 02 4822 6444
Angus Taylor, Federal Member for HUME www.angustaylor.com.au 02 4822 2277
Rod Roberts, Member NSW Legislative Council Rod.Roberts@parliament.nsw.gov.au
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