Idatha isanda kukhishwayi-Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) ithi imithombo yamandla avuselelekayo (ilanga, umoya, i-biomass, i-geothermal, i-hydropower) ilawule ukwengezwa kwamandla kagesi amasha ase-US engxenyeni yokuqala ka-2020, ngokokuhlaziywa kwe-SUN DAY Campaign.
Sekuhlangene, babalelwa ku-57.14% noma ama-7,859 MW we-13,753 MW yamandla amasha angezwe engxenyeni yokuqala ka-2020.
Umbiko wakamuva wanyanga zonke we-FERC othi “Energy Infrastructure Update” (onedatha kuze kube uJuni 30, 2020) uphinde uveze ukuthi igesi yemvelo ibalelwa ku-42.67% (5,869 MW) wesamba, ngeminikelo emincane yamalahle (20 MW) kanye “neminye” imithombo ( 5 MW) enikeza ibhalansi.Akukaze kube khona ukungezwa kwamandla okusha ngowoyela, amandla enuzi noma amandla avela kumhlaba oshisayo kusukela ekuqaleni konyaka.
Kuma-MW ayi-1,013 womthamo omusha wokuphehla owengezwe ngoJuni nje unikezwe amandla elanga (609 MW), umoya (380 MW) kanye nogesi (24 MW).Lokhu kufaka phakathi i-300-MW Prospero Solar Project e-Andrews County, Texas kanye ne-121.9-MW Wagyu Solar Project e-Brazoria County.
Imithombo yamandla avuselelekayo manje isibalelwa ku-23.04% yenani eliphelele lesizwe elitholakalayo lokukhiqiza futhi iyaqhubeka nokwandisa ukuhola kwayo ngaphezu kwamalahle (20.19%).Amandla okukhiqiza omoya kanye nelanga manje aku-13.08% yenani eliphelele lesizwe futhi lokho akubandakanyi ilanga elisabalalisiwe (ophahleni).
Eminyakeni emihlanu eyedlule, i-FERC yabika ukuthi umthamo ofakiwe wamandla avuselelekayo afakiwe wawungu-17.27% wesamba sezwe lonke ngomoya osuka ku-5.84% (manje u-9.13%) kanye nelanga ku-1.08% (manje u-3.95%).Kule minyaka emihlanu edlule, isabelo somoya samandla okukhiqiza esizweni sikhule cishe ngamaphesenti angama-60 kuyilapho leso solar manje sesikhulu ngokuphindwe kane.
Uma kuqhathaniswa, ngo-June 2015, isabelo samalahle sasingu-26.83% (manje 20.19%), i-nuclear yayingu-9.2% (manje 8.68%) kanti uwoyela wawungu-3.87% (manje u-3.29%).Igesi yemvelo ikhombise noma yikuphi ukukhula phakathi kwemithombo engavuseleleki, ikhula kancane isuka ku-42.66% wesabelo eminyakeni emihlanu edlule yafinyelela ku-44.63%.
Ukwengeza, idatha ye-FERC iphakamisa ukuthi isabelo esivuselelekayo somthamo wokukhiqiza sisendleleni yokukhula kakhulu eminyakeni emithathu ezayo, ngo-June 2023. “Amathuba aphezulu” okungezwa kwamandla okukhiqiza umoya, kususwe isikhathi sokuthatha umhlalaphansi okulindelekile, kukhombisa ukukhula kwengqikithi okulindelwe okungu-27,226. I-MW ngenkathi isolar ibonwa kusengaphambili ukuthi izokhula ngo-26,748 MW.
Uma kuqhathaniswa, ukukhula okuphelele kwegesi yemvelo kuzoba ngu-19,897 MW kuphela.Ngakho-ke, umoya nelanga kubikezelwa ukuthi ngakunye kuzohlinzeka okungenani amandla amasha okuphehla amandla amasha kwesithathu kunegesi yemvelo eminyakeni emithathu ezayo.
Nakuba amandla kagesi, i-geothermal, kanye ne-biomass nakho konke kulindeleke ukuthi kukhule kahle (2,056 MW, 178 MW, kanye ne-113 MW ngokulandelana), amandla okukhiqiza amalahle namafutha kulindeleke ukuthi ehle ngo-22,398 MW kanye no-4,359 MW ngokulandelanayo.I-FERC ibika ukuthi awekho umthamo wamalahle amasha kule minyaka emithathu ezayo kanye no-4 MW nje womthamo omusha osekelwe kuwoyela.Amandla enuzi kubikezelwa ukuthi azohlala engashintshile, kwengeza inetha engu-2 MW.
Sekukonke, ingxube yazo zonke izinto ezivuselelekayo izokwengeza ngaphezu kuka-56.3 GW wamandla amasha okuphehla isamba sezwe lonke ngo-June 2023 kanti umthamo omusha ohlongozwayo uzokwengezwa ngegesi yemvelo, amalahle, uwoyela namandla enuzi kuhlangene. 6.9 GW.
Uma lezi zinombolo zibambelela, eminyakeni emithathu ezayo, amandla okukhiqiza amandla avuselelekayo kufanele akhokhe ngokunethezeka ngaphezu kwengxenye yesine yenani eliphelele lezwe elitholakalayo lokuphehla amandla.
Ukwabelana okuvuselelekayo kungaba ngaphezulu nakakhulu.Onyakeni owodwa nengxenye edlule, i-FERC ibilokhu ikhulisa ukuqagela kwamandla avuselelekayo emibikweni yayo yanyanga zonke ethi “Ingqalasizinda”.Isibonelo, ezinyangeni eziyisithupha ezedlule embikweni wayo wangoZibandlela wezi-2019, i-FERC ibikezela ukukhula kwengqikithi eminyakeni emithathu ezayo ye-48,254 MW yemithombo yamandla avuselelekayo, engu-8,067 MW ngaphansi kokuqagela kwayo kwakamuva.
"Yize inkinga yomhlaba wonke ye-coronavirus yehlise izinga lokukhula, izinto ezivuselelekayo, ikakhulukazi umoya nelanga, ziyaqhubeka nokwandisa isabelo sazo samandla okuphehla ugesi esizweni," kusho uKen Bossong, umqondisi omkhulu we-SUN DAY Campaign.“Futhi njengoba amanani kagesi akhiqizwa kabusha kanye nokugcinwa kwamandla ehla njalo, lowo mkhuba wokukhula ubonakala uzokhula ngokushesha.”
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Sep-04-2020