Residents in Wenhuali, Fengshan District requested to evacuate the energy storage field next to the houses on Green Park Road (left), pointing out that the distance to Fengshan Railway Station (blue building) is less than 1 kilometer.

(Photo by reporter Chen Wenchan)

[Reporter Chen Wenchan/Kaohsiung Report] The largest energy storage field in the country called out due to local opposition, but there is a 6.6MW energy storage field next to the residence on Green Garden Road, Wenhuali, Fengshan District, Kaohsiung. The local object is that it is a neighbor but it has not been cared by the city government. Request The city specifically committed to evacuating the energy storage field.

According to the website of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Kaohsiung currently has 40 large and small energy storage fields, of which 8 have been built for large projects, mainly distributed in Fengshan, Qianzhen, Linyuan, Daliao, Gangshan and other districts, and another 5 Energy storage field application in progress.

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The country's largest energy storage plant was supposed to be located in Fengshan District, the most populous city in Kaohsiung City, but it was opposed by Zhenbei and other districts. The city government said that the municipal meeting passed the grid-connected energy storage system to set review points, which did not comply with the set point specifications. Asked the three groups to find another place; As for the existing 40 energy storage farms in Kaohsiung, whether they meet the review points of the city government's grid-connected energy storage system, Liao Taixiang, the director of the city government's economic development bureau, did not respond.

However, there is a 6.6MW energy storage field next to the houses on Wenchang 1st Street, Wenhuali, Fengshan District. The actual measurement is less than 3 meters away from the houses. The construction was completed at the end of March. Taipower had applied for a road permit, but the city government has not yet approved it. The current situation is that work is suspended.

Zhang Jialing, head of Wenhua District, said that the largest energy storage field in the country has already called for a stop, and the local area is also protesting against being adjacent to the energy storage field. Especially since the field has been built and only needs to be powered on, it has caused panic in the local area, worrying that electromagnetic waves and radiation will be generated if it is completed. It affects health, and is more afraid of an explosion endangering life and property safety.

Zhang Jialing pointed out that the local government has not received care from the city government to indicate that it will evacuate the energy storage field, and the city government has not seen the announcement of the grid-connected energy storage system to set the review points, requiring the city government to specifically promise to evacuate the energy storage field, so that local residents can rest assured.

Zhao Zhicheng, president of the Fengshan Lichang Association, said that Fengshan District is now a densely populated area, not a paradise for industrial zones in Type B of the early municipal urban planning law. Whatever you want to do, you must plan the residence according to the municipal government's self-government regulations and the current regional development. Districts, commercial districts, and industrial districts, at least let the local and surrounding village chiefs know, rather than the news being exposed or local residents complaining, the city government and the industry will come to clean up the mess.