UMnyango Wezamandla wase-US usebenzisa amaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-325 ukusekela amaphrojekthi okugcina amandla ayi-15

Ngokusho kwe-Associated Press, uMnyango Wezamandla wase-US umemezele ukutshalwa kwezimali okungu-$325 million ekwakheni amabhethri amasha ukuguqula amandla elanga nawomoya abe amandla azinzile amahora angama-24. Le mali izokwabiwa kumaphrojekthi ayi-15 ezifundazweni eziyi-17 kanye nesizwe samaNdiya aseMelika eMinnesota.

Amabhethri asetshenziswa kakhulu ukugcina amandla avuselelekayo amaningi ukuze asetshenziswe kamuva lapho ilanga noma umoya ungakhanyi. I-DOE ithe la maphrojekthi azovikela imiphakathi eminingi ekucinyweni kogesi futhi enze amandla athembeke kakhulu futhi angabizi.

Uxhaso olusha lungolwesitoreji samandla "esikhathi eside", okusho ukuthi lungahlala isikhathi eside kunamabhethri e-lithium-ion ajwayelekile amahora amane. Kusukela ekushoneni kwelanga kuze kube sekuphumeni kwelanga, noma ukugcina amandla izinsuku eziningi ngesikhathi. Ukugcinwa kwebhethri isikhathi eside kufana "ne-akhawunti yokugcina amandla" yosuku lwemvula. Izifunda ezikhula ngokushesha emandleni elanga nawomoya zivame ukuba nesithakazelo esikhulu ekugcineni amandla isikhathi eside. E-United States, kunesithakazelo esikhulu kulobu buchwepheshe ezindaweni ezifana neCalifornia, eNew York, naseHawaii.

Nazi ezinye zezinhlelo ezixhaswe yi-US Department of Energy'UMthetho Wengqalasizinda Yezinhlangothi Zombili ka-2021:

– Iphrojekthi eholwa yi-Xcel Energy ngokubambisana nomkhiqizi wamabhethri osenesikhathi eside i-Form Energy izosebenzisa izindawo ezimbili zokugcina amabhethri angu-10-megawatt kanye namahora ayi-100 okusetshenziswa ezindaweni zezitshalo zamandla amalahle ezivaliwe eBecker, eMinn., nasePueblo, eColo.

– Iphrojekthi eSibhedlela Sezingane saseCalifornia Valley eMadera, umphakathi ongenazo izidingo ezanele, izofaka uhlelo lwebhethri ukuze yengeze ukuthembeka esikhungweni sezokwelapha sokunakekelwa okuphuthumayo esibhekene nokuphazamiseka kukagesi okungenzeka ngenxa yemililo yasendle, izikhukhula kanye namagagasi okushisa. Le phrojekthi iholwa yiCalifornia Energy Commission ngokubambisana neFaraday Microgrids.

– Uhlelo lwe-Second Life Smart Systems eGeorgia, eCalifornia, eSouth Carolina naseLouisiana luzosebenzisa amabhethri ezimoto zikagesi asephelelwe yisikhathi kodwa asasebenza ukuze ahlinzeke ngezinsizakalo zokusekela izikhungo zabantu abadala, izindlu ezingabizi kanye nokunikezwa kukagesi kwamashaja ezimoto zikagesi.

– Enye iphrojekthi eyasungulwa yinkampani yokuxilonga amabhethri iRejoule izosebenzisa namabhethri ezimoto zikagesi angasasebenzi ezindaweni ezintathu ePetaluma, eCalifornia; eSanta Fe, eNew Mexico; kanye nesikhungo sokuqeqesha abasebenzi ezweni laseRed Lake, elingekude nomngcele waseCanada.

UDavid Klain, unobhala ongaphansi kwengqalasizinda woMnyango Wezamandla wase-US, uthe amaphrojekthi axhaswe ngemali azobonisa ukuthi lobu buchwepheshe bungasebenza ngezinga elikhulu, busize izikhungo zezimali ukuthi zihlele ukugcina amandla isikhathi eside, futhi ziqale ukunciphisa izindleko. Amabhethri ashibhile angasusa isithiyo esikhulu ekushintsheni kwamandla avuselelekayo.