Ngokweengxelo zeendaba zamanye amazwe, iSebe lezaMandla laseMelika (i-DOE) liceba ukubonelela abaphuhlisi nge-$30 yezigidi kwizikhuthazo kunye nenkxaso-mali yokusasazwa kweenkqubo zokugcina amandla, kuba linethemba lokunciphisa kakhulu iindleko zokusasazwa kweenkqubo zokugcina amandla.
Le mali, elawulwa yiOfisi yoMbane ye-DOE (OE), iza kwahlulwa ibe ziimali ezimbini ezilinganayo ze-$15 yezigidi nganye. Enye yezi mali iza kuxhasa uphando lokuphucula ukuthembeka kweenkqubo zokugcina amandla ezithatha ixesha elide (LDES), ezinokubonelela ngamandla ubuncinane iiyure ezili-10. Enye imali iza kubonelela ngemali kwiNkqubo yoMboniso oSebenzayo we-Ofisi yoMbane (OE) yeSebe lezaMandla laseMelika, eyenzelwe ukuxhasa ngokukhawuleza ukusasazwa kogcino lwamandla amatsha.
NgoMatshi walo nyaka, le nkqubo ithembise ukubonelela ngenkxaso-mali ye-$2 yezigidi kwiilabhoratri ezintandathu zelizwe leSebe lezaMandla laseMelika ukunceda la maziko ophando enze uphando, kwaye inkxaso-mali entsha ye-$15 yezigidi inokunceda ukukhawulezisa uphando kwiinkqubo zokugcina amandla ebhetri.
Esinye isiqingatha senkxaso-mali ye-DOE siza kuxhasa ezinye iinkqubo zokugcina amandla ezikwinqanaba lokuqala lophando nophuhliso, kwaye ezingakakulungeli ukuqaliswa kwezorhwebo.
Ukukhawulezisa ukusasazwa kweenkqubo zokugcina amandla
UGene Rodrigues, uNobhala oNcedisayo woMbane kwiSebe lezaMandla laseMelika, uthe: “Ukufumaneka kwezi mali kuya kukhawulezisa ukusasazwa kweenkqubo zokugcina amandla kwixesha elizayo kwaye kubonelele ngezisombululo ezingabizi kakhulu zokuhlangabezana neemfuno zombane zabathengi. Oku kungenxa yomsebenzi onzima owenziwa lishishini lokugcina amandla.” , eli shishini liphambili ekukhuthazeni uphuhliso lokugcina amandla ombane olukumgangatho ophezulu oluhlala ixesha elide.”
Nangona iSebe lezaMandla laseMelika lingazange libhengeze ukuba ngabaphi abaphuhlisi okanye iiprojekthi zokugcina amandla eziza kufumana inkxaso-mali, la maphulo aza kusebenza kwiinjongo zika-2030 ezibekwe yi-Energy Storage Grand Challenge (ESGC), equka ezinye iiThagethi.
I-ESGC yaqaliswa ngoDisemba ka-2020. Injongo yalo mceli mngeni kukunciphisa iindleko zokugcina amandla ezilinganisiweyo kwiinkqubo zokugcina amandla ezihlala ixesha elide ngama-90% phakathi kowama-2020 nowama-2030, nto leyo ethoba iindleko zombane ukuya kwi-$0.05/kWh. Injongo yayo kukunciphisa iindleko zemveliso yebhetri ye-EV engama-300-kilometer ngama-44% ngeli xesha, nto leyo ethoba iindleko zayo ukuya kwi-$80/kWh.
Inkxaso-mali evela kwi-ESGC isetyenziselwe ukuxhasa inani leeprojekthi zokugcina amandla, kuquka i-"Grid Energy Storage Launchpad" eyakhiwa yiPacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) ngenkxaso-mali karhulumente eyi-$75 yezigidi. Olu xhaso-mali lwamva nje luza kuya kwiiprojekthi zophando nophuhliso ezinomdla ofanayo.
I-ESGC ikwathembise i-$17.9 yezigidi kwiinkampani ezine, iLargo Clean Energy, iTreadStone Technologies, i-OTORO Energy kunye neQuino Energy, ukuphuhlisa iinkqubo ezintsha zophando kunye nokuvelisa zokugcina amandla.
Indlela yophuhliso lweshishini lokugcina amandla eMelika
I-DOE ibhengeze la mathuba matsha okuxhaswa ngemali kwiNgqungquthela ye-ESGC e-Atlanta. I-DOE ikwaqaphele ukuba iPacific Northwest National Laboratory kunye ne-Argonne National Laboratory ziya kusebenza njengabaququzeleli beprojekthi ye-ESGC kwiminyaka emibini ezayo. I-Ofisi yoMbane ye-DOE (OE) kunye ne-Ofisi yoMsebenzi woMbane kunye ne-Renewable Energy ye-DOE nganye iya kubonelela nge-$300,000 kwinkxaso-mali yokugubungela iindleko zenkqubo ye-ESGC ukuya ekupheleni konyaka-mali ka-2024.
Le nkxaso-mali intsha yamkelwe kakuhle ngamalungu eshishini leempahla zehlabathi, apho uAndrew Green, umlawuli oyintloko we-International Zinc Association (IZA), esithi uyavuya kakhulu ziindaba.
“I-International Zinc Association iyavuya ukubona iSebe lezaMandla laseMelika libhengeza utyalo-mali olutsha olukhulu kugcino lwamandla,” utshilo uGreen, ephawula umdla okhulayo kwi-zinc njengenxalenye yeenkqubo zokugcina iibhetri. Uthe, “Siyavuya ngamathuba aziswa ziibhetri ze-zinc kushishino. Sijonge phambili ekusebenzisaneni ukujongana nala maphulo matsha ngephulo lebhetri ye-zinc.”
Ezi ndaba zilandela ukwanda okukhulu kwamandla afakelweyo eenkqubo zokugcina iibhetri ezisetyenziswa eMelika kwiminyaka yakutshanje. Ngokwedatha ekhutshwe yi-US Energy Information Administration, amandla afakelweyo eenkqubo zokugcina amandla ebhetri ezinkulu eMelika anyuke ukusuka kwi-149.6MW ngo-2012 ukuya kwi-8.8GW ngo-2022. Isantya sokukhula sikwakhula kakhulu, kunye ne-4.9GW yeenkqubo zokugcina amandla ezisetyenziswa ngo-2022 phantse kabini kunonyaka ophelileyo.
Inkxaso-mali karhulumente waseMelika isenokuba yinto ebalulekileyo ekufezekiseni iinjongo zayo ezinkulu zokusasazwa kogcino lwamandla, zombini ngokubhekiselele ekwandiseni amandla afakiweyo kwiinkqubo zokugcina amandla eMelika kunye nokuphuhlisa ubuchwepheshe bokugcina amandla obuhlala ixesha elide. NgoNovemba ophelileyo, iSebe lezaMandla laseMelika labhengeza ngokukodwa i-$350 yezigidi kwinkxaso-mali yeeprojekthi zokugcina amandla ezihlala ixesha elide, ngenjongo yokukhuthaza ukuveliswa kwezinto ezintsha kweli candelo.
Ixesha lokuthumela: Agasti-04-2023
