Ngokwemibiko yabezindaba yangaphandle, uMnyango Wezamandla wase-US (i-DOE) uhlela ukunikeza abathuthukisi imali eyizigidi ezingu-30 zamaRandi ekukhuthazeni nasekuxhaseni ukuthunyelwa kwezinhlelo zokugcina amandla, ngoba uthemba ukunciphisa kakhulu izindleko zokusebenzisa izinhlelo zokugcina amandla.
Uxhaso, olulawulwa yiHhovisi likaGesi le-DOE (OE), luzohlukaniswa lube izikhwama ezimbili ezilinganayo zamaRandi ayizigidi eziyi-15 lilinye.Enye yezimali izosekela ucwaningo ekwenzeni ngcono ukuthembeka kwezinhlelo zokugcina amandla zesikhathi eside (LDES), ezinganikeza amandla okungenani amahora angu-10.Esinye isikhwama sizohlinzeka ngezimali ngoHlelo Lokuboniswa Kokusebenza Okusheshayo Lomnyango Wamandla Wase-US (i-OE) oklanyelwe ukukhokhela ngokushesha ukuthunyelwa kokugcinwa kwamandla amasha.
NgoNdasa walo nyaka, lolu hlelo luthembise ukuhlinzeka ngemali eyizigidi ezimbili zamaRandi kumalabhorethri kazwelonke ayisithupha oMnyango Wezamandla wase-US ukuze usize lezi zikhungo zocwaningo zenze ucwaningo, futhi uxhaso olusha lwamaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-15 lungasiza ukusheshisa ucwaningo mayelana nezinhlelo zokugcina amandla ebhethri.
Enye ingxenye yoxhaso lwezimali lwe-DOE izosekela ezinye izinhlelo zokugcina amandla ezisesigabeni sokuqala socwaningo nokuthuthukiswa, futhi ezingakalungeli ukuqaliswa kwezentengiselwano.
Sheshisa ukuthunyelwa kwamasistimu okugcina amandla
UGene Rodrigues, uMsizi kaNobhala Wophiko Lwezogesi eMnyangweni Wezamandla wase-US, uthe: “Ukutholakala kwalezi zimali kuzosheshisa ukuthunyelwa kwezinhlelo zokugcina amandla esikhathini esizayo futhi kunikeze izixazululo ezingabizi kakhulu zokuhlangabezana nezidingo zikagesi zamakhasimende.Lokhu kuwumphumela wokusebenza kanzima kwemboni yokugcina amandla.”, imboni ihamba phambili ekukhuthazeni ukuthuthukiswa kwendawo yokugcina amandla isikhathi eside.”
Nakuba uMnyango Wezamandla wase-US ungazange umemezele ukuthi yibaphi abathuthukisi noma amaphrojekthi okugcina amandla azothola uxhaso, lezi zinhlelo zizosebenzela ezinhlosweni zika-2030 ezibekwe yi-Energy Storage Grand Challenge (ESGC), ehlanganisa okunye Okuhlosiwe.
I-ESGC yethulwa ngoZibandlela wezi-2020. Umgomo wenselele ukwehlisa izindleko ezilinganisiwe zokugcinwa kwamandla ezinhlelo zesikhathi eside zokugcina amandla ngo-90% phakathi kuka-2020 no-2030, okwenza izindleko zabo zikagesi zehlele ku-$0.05/kWh.Umgomo wayo ukwehlisa izindleko zokukhiqiza zephakethe lebhethri le-EV elingamakhilomitha angu-300 ngo-44% phakathi nalesi sikhathi, ukwehlisa izindleko zayo ku-$80/kWh.
Uxhaso lwezimali oluvela ku-ESGC lusetshenziselwe ukusekela inqwaba yemiklamo yokugcina amandla, okuhlanganisa “I-Grid Energy Storage Launchpad” eyakhiwa yi-Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) ngoxhaso lukahulumeni lwamaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-75.Uxhaso lwakamuva loxhaso luzoya kumaphrojekthi afanayo ocwaningo nentuthuko.
I-ESGC iphinde yabophezela u-$17.9 wezigidi ezinkampanini ezine, i-Largo Clean Energy, i-TreadStone Technologies, i-OTORO Energy ne-Quino Energy, ukuthuthukisa ucwaningo olusha kanye nezinqubo zokukhiqiza zokugcina amandla.
Ukuthambekela kokuthuthuka kwemboni yokugcina amandla e-United States
I-DOE imemezele la mathuba amasha oxhaso eNgqungqutheleni ye-ESGC e-Atlanta.I-DOE iphinde yaphawula ukuthi i-Pacific Northwest National Laboratory kanye ne-Argonne National Laboratory izosebenza njengabaxhumanisi bephrojekthi ye-ESGC eminyakeni emibili ezayo.IHhovisi Le-DOE Lokusebenza Kagesi (i-OE) kanye Nehhovisi Le-DOE Lokusebenza Kahle Kwezamandla kanye Namandla Avuselelwayo lilinye lizohlinzeka ngemali engu-$300,000 ukuze kukhokhelwe izindleko zohlelo lwe-ESGC kuze kube sekupheleni konyaka wezimali wezi-2024.
Uxhaso olusha lwamukelwe kahle izingxenye zemboni yezimpahla emhlabeni wonke, lapho u-Andrew Green, umqondisi omkhulu we-International Zinc Association (IZA), ethi uzijabulele lezi zindaba.
"I-International Zinc Association iyajabula ukubona uMnyango Wezamandla wase-US umemezela ukutshalwa kwezimali okusha okukhulu ekugcineni amandla," kusho uGreen, ephawula isithakazelo esikhulayo ku-zinc njengengxenye yezinhlelo zokugcina amabhethri.Uthe, “Sijabule ngamathuba alethwa amabhethri e-zinc embonini.Sibheke ngabomvu ukusebenzisana ukuze sibhekane nalezi zinhlelo ezintsha ngohlelo lwebhethri le-zinc.”
Lezi zindaba zilandela ukwanda okumangalisayo komthamo ofakiwe wamasistimu okugcina amabhethri asetshenziswe e-United States eminyakeni yakamuva.Ngokusho kwedatha ekhishwe yi-US Energy Information Administration, umthamo ofakiwe ohlanganisiwe wezinhlelo ezinkulu zokugcina amandla ebhethri e-United States ukhuphuke ukusuka ku-149.6MW ngo-2012 ukuya ku-8.8GW ngo-2022. Ijubane lokukhula nalo liyakhula kakhulu, ngo-4.9GW wezinhlelo zokugcina amandla ezisetshenziswe ngo-2022 cishe ngokuphindwe kabili kunonyaka odlule.
Uxhaso lukahulumeni wase-US kungenzeka lubaluleke kakhulu ekufinyeleleni izinjongo zalo ezinkulu zokuthunyelwa kwesitoreji samandla, kokubili mayelana nokwandisa umthamo ofakiwe wezinhlelo zokugcina amandla e-United States kanye nokuthuthukisa ubuchwepheshe besikhathi eside wokugcina amandla.NgoNovemba odlule, uMnyango Wezamandla wase-US wamemezela ngokuqondile izigidi ezingu-350 zamaRandi ekuxhaseni amaphrojekthi esikhathi eside wokugcina amandla, okuhloswe ngawo ukukhuthaza ukuqanjwa okusha kulo mkhakha.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Aug-04-2023
