Brabourne against BESS

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The view from near the trig point, showing the proximity to East Brabourne
From the trig point, again. The site will be visible for miles around with structures around 10m tall
The view from the famous North Downs Way in the Kent Downs AONB. Any lighting will be clearly visible contrary to the 'Dark Skies' policy
The view from footpath-level, towards the Ancient Woodland of the Forty Acre Wood. The substation is planned to link to the pylon cabling.
The red line is the boundary of the site. The blue line outlines further land retained by the applicants for...what?
The planned layout of the battery housings, water tank and substation etc. All subject to change.
The heights of the substation structures. Around 600m of acoustic/security fencing 3m high surrounds the batteries and substation.
Greenfield's map of 'theoretical' daytime visibility of the site. Southenay Rd, Hastingleigh, Monks Horton and Stowting affected as well as Brabourne
An 'abnormal load' with a transformer section, to give an idea of the impact on the narrow, winding access roads to the East Brabourne site entrance
To give you an idea of what a BESS site looks like: A smaller site near Swindon, under construction
To give you an idea of what a BESS site looks like: A larger site at Thurrock, showing green battery containers
To give you an idea of what a BESS site looks like: the smaller Pillswood, Yorkshire, site plus substation in the background
To give you an idea of what installing a substation looks like: A construction site in Liddell, Australia
To give you an idea of what a transformer looks like, from a BESS site near Lakeside, Essex
The Heathrow substation fire. It's not only batteries that can catch fire
Enough said...
We couldn't agree more