The largest energy storage field in the country shouted. Zhao Zhicheng (middle), the head of the North Town, thanked the city government and the three groups for respecting public opinion.

(Photo by reporter Chen Wenchan)

[Reporter Chen Wenchan/Kaohsiung Report] The country's largest energy storage field was originally planned to be located in Fengshan District, the most populous city in Kaohsiung City, but was opposed by local groups. Zhao Zhicheng, the head of the town, said that the whole incident lasted nearly 4 months, thanks to the city The government and the three groups respect public opinion and let the matter be resolved satisfactorily.

Sandi Group originally planned to build the country's largest 170MW energy storage field at the junction of Zhenbei and other three miles in Fengshan District, but the surrounding population is as high as 11,000 households with a total of about 22,000 people, and the distance from Zhenbeili houses is only 80 meters, 40 meters apart There is also a gas station in the meter, which triggered a strong backlash in the local area.

Zhao Zhicheng, chief of the town north, called on 6,000 local people to sign a petition against it. 65 chiefs from 76 districts in Fengshan District signed a petition against it. The energy storage field poses uncertain risks to residents’ health and living safety, and asked the energy storage field to withdraw from Fengshan, pleading for the people. During the process, he fought with the city government many times, named the mayor Chen Qimai to face him, registered the official documents, punched in the city hall, and asked the city government to hold a meeting and change the meeting minutes.

Zhao Zhicheng submitted a joint proposal to the city government yesterday, with 6,000 joint signatures, resolutely opposed to being adjacent to the energy storage field, and suggested that the city government should develop it for leisure and commercial purposes to improve the quality of living; the city government passed the "grid connection Set review points for large-scale energy storage systems", and canceled it because it did not meet the review specifications, and asked the three local groups to find another place.

Zhao Zhicheng thanked Mayor Chen Qimai for listening to the local aspirations, instructing the economic development bureau to withdraw the case, and asked the relevant bureaus not to start construction as long as they had safety concerns. He also thanked the economic development bureau director Liao Taixiang for his sincere communication. The city government team stood with the citizens , to successfully migrate the energy storage field.

Zhao Zhicheng thanked the city government for following the public opinion to formulate the key points of verification and check the safety of more citizens. He hoped that the city government will plan the site for leisure and commercial service functions, drive local economic development, improve the quality of living life, and at the same time help the industry to find suitable locations and create Triple win.

Zhao Zhicheng also thanked the three groups for their corporate social responsibility and spirit, for abandoning the development of energy storage fields, and finding another place away from the crowd to set up energy storage fields.

Shi Qingfeng, mayor of Fengshan District, said that Mayor Chen Qimai learned of local public opinion and instructed the Municipal Economic and Development Bureau to withdraw the case and actively assist the local government to solve the problem. Thanks to the local rationality for communicating with the municipal government, the whole incident came to a successful conclusion.