Paragraph 1 InterpretationI1

In this Schedule—

• “balance of solar system (BoSS) plant” means inverters, transformers and switch gear and would be either—

  1. (a)

     solar stations being a station comprising centralised inverters, transformers and switch gear with each component for each solar station either—

     1. (i)

        a “solar station” located outside, with a concrete foundation slab or placed on metal skids for each of the inverters and transformers and switch gear; or

     2. (ii)

        housed together within a container sitting on a concrete foundation slab or placed on metal skids; or

  2. (b)

     string inverters attached either to mounting structures or a ground mounted frame, switchgear and transformers on a concrete foundation slab or placed on metal skids;

• “electrical cables” means—

  1. (a)

     cables of differing types and voltages installed for the purposes of conducting electricity, auxiliary cables, cables connecting to direct current (DC) boxes, earthing cables and optical fibre cables; and

  2. (b)

     works associated with cable laying including jointing pits, hardstanding adjoining the jointing pits, combiner boxes, fibre bays, cable ducts, cable protection, joint protection, manholes, kiosks, marker posts, underground cable marker, tiles and tape, send and receive pits for horizontal directional drilling, trenching, lighting, and a pit or container to capture fluids associated with drilling;

• “energy storage” means equipment used for the storage of electrical energy;

• “existing substation” means the existing substation at Bulls Lodge Substation, Boreham, Chelmsford CM3 3JQ, owned and operated by National Grid Electricity Transmission plc;

• “inverter” means electrical equipment required to convert direct current power to alternating current;

• “mounting structure” means a frame or rack made of galvanised steel, anodised aluminium or other material designed to support the solar panels and mounted on piles driven into the ground, piles rammed into a pre-drilled hole, a pillar attaching to a steel ground screw, or pillars fixed to a concrete foundation;

• “permissive paths” means new access tracks providing restricted public access within the Order limits along the routes shown on the permissive paths plans;

• “solar panel” means a solar photovoltaic panel or module designed to convert solar irradiance to electrical energy;

• “substation” means a substation containing electrical equipment required to switch, transform, convert electricity and provide reactive power compensation;

• “switch gear” means a combination of electrical disconnect switches, fuses or circuit breakers used to control, protect and isolate electrical equipment; and

• “transformer” means a structure serving to transform electricity to a higher voltage.