Brisbane city council blocks plans for fridge-sized community batteries due to loss of green space | Brisbane

the Brisbane The City Council appointed a renewable energy plan for the federal government by rejecting three development requests for community batteries the size of the refrigerator due to the loss of green spaces.

Powershaper XL batteries, ranging between 90 kW and 180 kWh, the size of NBN or the traffic signal box – or the refrigerator.

However The gap, was rejected by the Brisbane City Council. All this, the trio will cost about $ 2.24 million.

The batteries were funded by the 200 million -dollars of Commonwealth societies batteries for the domestic solar energy program.

energy Queensland He won the funding of federal grants of batteries in 12 society, including other outskirts of Brisbane. It has approval to install it in CooParoo and MooRooka.

The Prime Minister of the Civil Environment, Gardens and Sustainability, Trissy Davis, former LNP deputy, said the council does not support “giant batteries in public parks.”

She said: “These false allegations about the batteries of society are just a desperate attempt by the importance of the ignorant Labor Party candidate.”

“With the elections that are now called, the government of the Federal Labor Party has been arrested, which has failed to provide its own commitment to the batteries of society and is now trying to blame local councils.”

The mayor of Brisbane, Adrian Sheriner, was one of the biggest supporters of the plan Transforming one of the city’s largest gardens to the Olympiad stadiumAlthough allegations that they will significantly reduce the largest green spaces in the city.

The Federal Energy Minister, Chris Bowen, said that three rejected batteries will help “nearly 1,000 families” operate their homes through the local energy created locally.

In a letter to Sheriner, the federal government He asked the city council to either reconsider their opposition or identify alternative sites within the same suburbs they will support.

“The batteries will store solar energy for use and participation later, and support more solar installations in these suburbs [as] Boen said in a letter to the mayor:

The sources told the Guardian newspaper that no other local government agency had refused to request development in Queensland, and in other state councils it was made alternatives when objection.

“The council’s decision flew in the face of the supported green credentials.

She said, “LNP Lord is trying to constantly tell the interesters’ interest how interest in the environment.” “Well, he can start now by setting his personal policies aside and agreeing to these batteries, so that they can be built as soon as possible.”

Energy Queensland has been contacted to comment.

David Kobman, director of the Queensland Conservation Council, said he would be concerned if the council has adopted “not in the backyard of the backyard.”

He said: “If there is a specific tree that is seen as a personal or protected tree under the rules of the council, then it is clear that you will move, and this is what we expect from the appropriate planning, but this should be something that the council and energy kinzland can work on.”

He said that the planning rules should take into account not only the environmental costs of the project, but its benefits – especially if the opposite means using more coal for a longer period.

Copeman said he was “concerned that the council delays the display of this important infrastructure.”

“Presban City Council, which made a lot of its commitment to the net network … so that it can retract the infrastructure of renewable energy.”

Davis said the federal government had known “months ago” that the council did not support the sites.

She said: “Instead of simple political games, the Labor Party must ensure that Brisbane has finally obtaining its fair share of financing federal roads and transportation and stopping the transfer of billions of dollars in additional investment in Sydney and Melbourne.”

PowerShaper XL is about 700 x 900 x 2000 mm and weighs 600 kg.