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Borders village [Nimbys] 'heart ripped out' by battery site plans (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 6 days ago by Olap to c/scotland

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No mention from anyone under 50 in this article. Tories, gammon, and the worst of the borders on display here. Nevermind the decarbonisation this could bring, or changes being proposed to power pricing meaning they could be paying next to zero in the future, or jobs to the area - which is struggling. No no, some containers in a field is going to really destroy the place they say

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Thanks! This is just one of the six but it looks absolutely fine. Obvs not ideal that it's greenfield site but it's next to the existing sub station which is logical, and there's some provision for green screen from the road. And 500MW storage is pretty damn impressive.