实际上，这意味着电力储能项目的开发超过50 MW（英格兰）和350 MW（威尔士），就可以申请普通的规划许可证，而不必向国务卿申请开发许可令（DCO），这将减少NSIP制度对项目造成额外的成本和时间延误。

In effect, this meant that developers of electricity storage projects above 50MW in England and 350MW in Wales would be able to apply for ordinary planning permission for such schemes instead of having to apply to the Secretary of State for a development consent order (DCO). The rationale for the changes was that it would reduce the extra cost and time delays that the NSIP regime can often bring.

储能部署增加的困局Barriers to increased deployment of storage

因此，在英国，常规储能项目的规模将大幅增加。在政策规划的引导下，那些非常具有挑战性的项目也将得以实施，例如单项容量超过1 GW的储能项目。据Rystad Energy介绍，如此规模的储能电池项目可能需要多达55英亩的土地，相当于40多个足球场地。

As a result, the usual size of battery energy storage projects in the UK is expected to increase significantly. We should see some individual projects weighing in at a hefty 1GW – projects of this scale would have been much more challenging from a planning perspective if the legal changes hadn’t been made. As Rystad Energy pointed out, a battery project of this scale could require as much as 55 acres of land, equivalent to more than 40 football fields.