The Battery Energy Storage Systems near Sandwich have the green light after being built.
An energy storage facility has been approved despite claims from some opponents that it has the potential to “threaten the lives and health of residents”.
Consent was originally given for battery storage in 2020, but the developer Pacific Green built the project to different specifications and layouts than had been originally approved. But some councillors opposed the scheme at the site, which is close to the Sandwich and Hacklinge Marshes Site of Special Scientific Interest .
Green councillor Tricia Austin said: “You’re being asked to give retrospective approval to a proposal with potential to threaten the lives and health of residents as well as the environment next to an SSSI."proved controversial over safety and environmental concernsFires in such batteries do not require oxygen to burn, and cannot be extinguished with water, they can only be put out with some forms of chemical gas.
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