Ngokusho kwemibiko yabezindaba bakwamanye amazwe, uMnyango Wezamandla wase-US (i-DOE) uhlela ukunikeza abathuthukisi imali eyizigidi ezingama-30 zamaRandi njengezikhuthazo kanye nokuxhaswa ngezimali kokusetshenziswa kwezinhlelo zokugcina amandla, ngoba unethemba lokunciphisa kakhulu izindleko zokusetshenziswa kwezinhlelo zokugcina amandla.
Imali, ephethwe yi-Office of Electricity (OE) ye-DOE, izohlukaniswa ibe yizimali ezimbili ezilinganayo zamaRandi ayizigidi eziyi-15 ngasinye. Esinye sezimali sizosekela ucwaningo lokuthuthukisa ukuthembeka kwezinhlelo zokugcina amandla zesikhathi eside (LDES), ezinganikeza amandla okungenani amahora ayi-10. Esinye isikhwama sizohlinzeka ngezimali zoHlelo Lokubonisa Ukusebenza Okusheshayo lwe-Office of Electricity (OE) loMnyango Wezamandla wase-US, oluklanyelwe ukuxhasa ngokushesha ukuthunyelwa kwezindawo zokugcina amandla ezintsha.
NgoMashi walo nyaka, uhlelo luthembise ukunikeza uxhaso lwemali oluyizigidi ezimbili zamaRandi kuma-laboratory ayisithupha e-US Department of Energy ukusiza lezi zikhungo zocwaningo ukuthi zenze ucwaningo, kanti uxhaso olusha oluyizigidi eziyi-15 zamaRandi lungasiza ekusheshiseni ucwaningo ngezinhlelo zokugcina amandla ebhethri.
Ingxenye yesibili yoxhaso lwe-DOE izosekela ezinye izinhlelo zokugcina amandla ezisesigabeni sokuqala socwaningo nentuthuko, futhi ezingakakulungeli ukusetshenziswa kwezentengiselwano.
Sheshisa ukuthunyelwa kwezinhlelo zokugcina amandla
UGene Rodrigues, uNobhala Osizayo Wezogesi eMnyangweni Wezamandla wase-US, uthe: “Ukutholakala kwalezi zimali kuzosheshisa ukuthunyelwa kwezinhlelo zokugcina amandla esikhathini esizayo futhi kuhlinzeke ngezixazululo ezingabizi kakhulu zokuhlangabezana nezidingo zikagesi zamakhasimende. Lokhu kungumphumela womsebenzi onzima wemboni yokugcina amandla.” , imboni ihamba phambili ekukhuthazeni ukuthuthukiswa kokugcinwa kwamandla okusebenza isikhathi eside.
Nakuba uMnyango Wezamandla wase-US ungazange umemezele ukuthi yibaphi abathuthukisi noma amaphrojekthi okugcina amandla azothola uxhaso, lezi zinhlelo zizosebenza ekufezeni imigomo ka-2030 ebekwe yi-Energy Storage Grand Challenge (ESGC), ehlanganisa ezinye ze-Target.
I-ESGC yethulwe ngoDisemba 2020. Umgomo walo mngeni ukunciphisa izindleko ezilinganisiwe zokugcina amandla zezinhlelo zokugcina amandla zesikhathi eside ngo-90% phakathi kuka-2020 no-2030, okwehlisa izindleko zikagesi zifike ku-$0.05/kWh. Umgomo wayo ukunciphisa izindleko zokukhiqiza ibhethri le-EV elingamakhilomitha angu-300 ngo-44% phakathi naleso sikhathi, okwehlisa izindleko zayo zifike ku-$80/kWh.
Uxhaso oluvela ku-ESGC lusetshenziswe ukusekela amaphrojekthi amaningi okugcina amandla, okuhlanganisa ne-“Grid Energy Storage Launchpad” eyakhiwa yi-Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) ngemali engu-$75 million kuhulumeni. Uxhaso lwakamuva luzoya kumaphrojekthi ocwaningo nentuthuko anezinjongo ezifanayo.
I-ESGC iphinde yanikela ngamaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-17.9 ezinkampanini ezine, i-Largo Clean Energy, i-TreadStone Technologies, i-OTORO Energy kanye ne-Quino Energy, ukuthuthukisa izinqubo ezintsha zocwaningo kanye nokukhiqiza zokugcina amandla.
Umkhuba wokuthuthukiswa kwemboni yokugcina amandla e-United States
I-DOE imemezele la mathuba amasha okuxhaswa ngemali eNgqungqutheleni ye-ESGC e-Atlanta. I-DOE iphinde yaphawula ukuthi i-Pacific Northwest National Laboratory kanye ne-Argonne National Laboratory zizosebenza njengabaxhumanisi bephrojekthi ye-ESGC eminyakeni emibili ezayo. Ihhovisi likagesi le-DOE (OE) kanye nehhovisi likagesi elisebenzayo kanye namandla avuselelekayo le-DOE ngalinye lizohlinzeka ngemali engu-$300,000 yokukhokhela izindleko zohlelo lwe-ESGC kuze kube sekupheleni konyaka wezimali ka-2024.
Uxhaso olusha lwamukelwe kahle yizingxenye zemboni yezimpahla zomhlaba wonke, kanti u-Andrew Green, umqondisi omkhulu we-International Zinc Association (IZA), uthi ujabule ngalezi zindaba.
“I-International Zinc Association iyajabula ukubona uMnyango Wezamandla wase-US umemezela ukutshalwa kwezimali okusha okukhulu ekugcinweni kwamandla,” kusho uGreen, ephawula intshisekelo ekhulayo ku-zinc njengengxenye yezinhlelo zokugcina amabhethri. Uthe, “Sijabule ngamathuba alethwa amabhethri e-zinc embonini. Silangazelela ukusebenza ndawonye ukubhekana nalezi zinhlelo ezintsha ngohlelo lwebhethri le-zinc.”
Lezi zindaba zilandela ukwanda okukhulu kwamandla afakiwe ezinhlelo zokugcina amabhethri ezithunyelwe e-United States eminyakeni yamuva nje. Ngokusho kwedatha ekhishwe yi-US Energy Information Administration, amandla afakiwe ahlanganisiwe ezinhlelo zokugcina amandla amabhethri amakhulu e-United States akhuphuke kusuka ku-149.6MW ngo-2012 kuya ku-8.8GW ngo-2022. Ijubane lokukhula nalo liyakhula kakhulu, njengoba izinhlelo zokugcina amandla ezingu-4.9GW ezithunyelwe ngo-2022 zicishe ziphindwe kabili kunonyaka odlule.
Ukuxhaswa ngemali kukahulumeni wase-US cishe kubaluleke kakhulu ekufezeni imigomo yakhe yokusabalalisa isitoreji samandla, kokubili ngokwandisa amandla afakiwe ezinhlelo zokugcina amandla e-United States kanye nokuthuthukisa ubuchwepheshe bokugcina amandla obuhlala isikhathi eside. NgoNovemba odlule, uMnyango Wezamandla wase-US wamemezela ngokuqondile uxhaso lwemali oluyizigidi ezingama-350 zamaRandi kumaphrojekthi okugcina amandla obuhlala isikhathi eside, okuhloswe ukukhuthaza ukusungula izinto ezintsha kulo mkhakha.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Agasti-04-2023
