Can I urge a few people to go onto the UK epetitions website and sign the "Reject plans to build a massive solar farm on Graveney Marshes in Kent" ? https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/215451
A few words from the various articles linked here, as Elon Musk is the figurehead here...and that in my opinion he is backing the wrong project. I like Solar on brownfield/rooftop sites. I thought Elon was a supporter of rooftop-solar-systems? The existing farms in the Swale estuary are run by brilliant bird-lovers and provide a great natural unspoilt environment that will be damaged by these plans (RSPB opinion not mine).
"The proposed 890-acre solar farm, five times as big as Britain’s largest existing one in Wiltshire, lies outside Graveney, near Faversham in Kent, along the edge of the Swale estuary, an officially designated Biodiversity Operational Area. This is home to rare nesting birds and surrounded by protected zones for wildlife."
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...t-battery-Britain-400m-solar-panel-plans.html
https://www.clevehillsolar.com
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My own personal views are shared below as I love this area of Kent coastline. But the big names involved need a number of other people to sign this petition as well as the RSPB/Wildlife trusts etc. I would urge the UK Goverment to try a few more Brownfield Sites instead before destroying the good coastline/farmland/estuary-land. Please reject this plan and:-
1) re-start UK Goverment funding of efficient Pumped storage Projects instead...Or Does the SNP / British Goverment think spoiling our farmland and estuaries is OK with electrical solar/battery projects? Great farming land destroyed!
2) I am a supporter of Green Energy BUT these solar/battery plans need to be stopped by the common sense of the UK General Public.
3) Brownfield site plans should come first using the UK Goverment solar & New business schemes. This should place the emphasis on solar on the factory roof Brownfield Site improvements first.
Further References Needed here:
a)How many brownfield solar schemes on Supermarket distribution centres would be needed to replace this scheme (roughly 12 x 60 acres)? Probably one single Supermarket chain could do this, i.e. 720 acres of roof or 12 factories ??
(http://www.cpre.org.uk/magazine/opi...r-use-of-brownfield-land-for-renewable-energy)
Regards
Kent Bird-Lover and Swale Farmland Supporter.
A few words from the various articles linked here, as Elon Musk is the figurehead here...and that in my opinion he is backing the wrong project. I like Solar on brownfield/rooftop sites. I thought Elon was a supporter of rooftop-solar-systems? The existing farms in the Swale estuary are run by brilliant bird-lovers and provide a great natural unspoilt environment that will be damaged by these plans (RSPB opinion not mine).
"The proposed 890-acre solar farm, five times as big as Britain’s largest existing one in Wiltshire, lies outside Graveney, near Faversham in Kent, along the edge of the Swale estuary, an officially designated Biodiversity Operational Area. This is home to rare nesting birds and surrounded by protected zones for wildlife."
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...t-battery-Britain-400m-solar-panel-plans.html
https://www.clevehillsolar.com
.
.
.
My own personal views are shared below as I love this area of Kent coastline. But the big names involved need a number of other people to sign this petition as well as the RSPB/Wildlife trusts etc. I would urge the UK Goverment to try a few more Brownfield Sites instead before destroying the good coastline/farmland/estuary-land. Please reject this plan and:-
1) re-start UK Goverment funding of efficient Pumped storage Projects instead...Or Does the SNP / British Goverment think spoiling our farmland and estuaries is OK with electrical solar/battery projects? Great farming land destroyed!
2) I am a supporter of Green Energy BUT these solar/battery plans need to be stopped by the common sense of the UK General Public.
3) Brownfield site plans should come first using the UK Goverment solar & New business schemes. This should place the emphasis on solar on the factory roof Brownfield Site improvements first.
Further References Needed here:
a)How many brownfield solar schemes on Supermarket distribution centres would be needed to replace this scheme (roughly 12 x 60 acres)? Probably one single Supermarket chain could do this, i.e. 720 acres of roof or 12 factories ??
(http://www.cpre.org.uk/magazine/opi...r-use-of-brownfield-land-for-renewable-energy)
Regards
Kent Bird-Lover and Swale Farmland Supporter.
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