The Infrastructure Planning (Electricity Storage Facilities) Order 2020

Interpretation

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

2.  In this Order—

“the Act” means the Planning Act 2008;

“electricity storage facility” means a facility which generates electricity from energy that—

(a)

was converted from electricity by that facility, and

(b)

is stored within that facility for the purpose of its future reconversion into electricity;

“exempt electricity storage facility” means an electricity storage facility which is not a pumped hydroelectric storage facility;

“pumped hydroelectric storage facility” means an electricity storage facility that stores the gravitational potential energy of water that has been pumped to a higher level so that its return to a lower level can be used to generate electricity.