Paragraph 1 I1
England and Wales
In this Schedule—
“balance of solar system (BoSS) plant” means inverters, transformers and switch gear and would be either—
- (a)
centralised inverters, transformers and switch gear placed on adjustable legs or metal skids with each component either—
- (i)
“independent outdoor equipment” located outside, on concrete pads, concrete columns or foundation slab, or compacted hardcore material for each of the inverters and transformers and switch gear; or
- (ii)
“inverter transformer station” housed together within a container sitting on a concrete foundation slab or compacted hardcore material; or
- (i)
- (b)
string inverters and combiner boxes attached either to mounting structures or a ground mounted frame, wired to or connected to switch gear and transformers on a concrete foundation slab or compacted hardcore material;
- (a)
“community growing area” means an area providing restricted public access within the Order limits as shown in the outline landscape and ecology management plan;
“electrical cables” means—
- (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
- (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, earthing rods, and a pit or container to capture fluids associated with drilling;
- (a)
“energy storage” means equipment used for the storage of electrical energy;
“inverter” means electrical equipment required to convert direct current power to alternating current;
“main collector compound” connects Work Nos. 1, 3 and 4 to Work No. 2 to enable collection of electricity and transmission of electricity from and to Work No. 2, and comprises switch gear and transformers in either indoor units or outdoor fenced area and control buildings housing monitoring equipment, storage, security and welfare facilities;
“mounting structure” means a frame or rack made of galvanised steel, anodised aluminium or other material designed to support the solar F1PV modules and mounted on piles driven into the ground, helical piles or pillars fixed to a concrete foundation;
“permissive paths” means new paths providing restricted public access within the Order limits along the approximate routes shown on the outline landscape and ecology management plan;
“satellite collector compound” means a compound with electrical equipment required to collect electricity from the balance of solar system (BoSS) plant in Work No. 1 and transmits it to Work No. 2, sitting on concrete pads or concrete columns;
“solar PV module” 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 different voltage.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in Sch. 1 para. 1 substituted (23.9.2026) by The Springwell Solar Farm (Correction) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/1052), art. 1(2), Sch.
Commencement
- I1
Sch. 1 para. 1 in force at 30.4.2026, see art. 1