Ukuthuthukisa isikali se-solar kudinga inqwaba yamalungiselelo, kusukela ezindaweni ezikhululekile kanye nesifunda esivumela ukuxhumanisa ukuxhumana kanye nokusungula amakhredithi amandla avuselelekayo.I-Adapture Renewables, umthuthukisi ozinze e-Oakland, eCalifornia, akawazi ama-solar amakhulu, njengoba esebenze emisebenzini yelanga ezweni lonke. Kepha usonkontileka onolwazi wazibonela mathupha ukuthi ukulungiselela kubaluleke kangakanani ngemuva kokuthola iphothifoliyo engathuthukisiwe yamaphrojekthi elanga e-Western Oregon ngo-2019.
I-Adapture iyakwamukela inselele, kodwa ukufeza izimfuneko ezisele zokuthuthukiswa zezinhlaka ezingu-10 zomuntu oyedwa osuka endaweni engaziwa kwakuyithemba elisha lenkampani. Iphothifoliyo etholiwe ihlanganisa amaphrojekthi ayi-10 asazothuthukiswa afinyelela ku-31 MW, indawo ngayinye inesilinganiso esingu-3 MW.
“Uma ukhuluma nge-utility-scale solar, kusobala ukuthi esikuthandayo kungaba ukuphuma siyokwakha indawo engu-100-MWDC ngoba wenza kanye,” kusho uDon Miller, oyi-COO kanye nomeluleki jikelele kwa-Adapture Renewables. "Uma ukwenza izikhathi ezingu-10, uyisiminzi. Kufana nokuthi ubhekana nenselele ngoba cishe unabanikazi bezindlu abahlukene abangu-10. Kulokhu, ubuhle balokhu ukuthi sasinomuntu oyedwa ophumayo, oyedwa oxhumanisa indawo."
Lowo owasusa ugesi kwaba yi-Portland General Electric, ehlinzeka ngogesi cishe engxenyeni ye-Oregon futhi yayimagange ngokuphothulwa kwephrojekthi. Uma isitholwe yi-Adapture, iphothifoliyo yephrojekthi yalinganiselwa ukuthi izoba nezinye izinyanga eziyisithupha zemisebenzi yokuthuthukisa ngaphambi kokuthi iye kwakhiwe.
“Bekufanele siqinisekise ukuthi ukuthuthukiswa [kwePortland General Electric] kuyenzeka njengoba siklama uhlelo lwethu futhi,” kusho uGoran Arya, umqondisi wezokuthuthukiswa kwamabhizinisi, i-Adapture Renewables. "Futhi empeleni, ukwenza isiqiniseko sokuthi sihambisana lapho sebekwazi ukwamukela amandla ethu nalapho sihlela ukukwazi ukuthumela amandla ethu kwamanye amazwe."
I-Adapture Renewables yakha iphrojekthi yelanga e-Oregon City, enye yezinhlelo eziyi-10 eWestern Oregon.
Khona-ke ukusebenza nabanikazi bezindawo abangu-10 abahlukene kwakusho ukubhekana nabantu abangu-10 abahlukene. Ithimba lokuthuthukisa i-Adapture lalidinga ukuphinda lithole amalungelo omhlaba kuzo zonke iziza eziyi-10 iminyaka engu-35 ngemva kokuthatha iphothifoliyo kumthuthukisi wangaphambili.
"Sinombono omude kakhulu ngezinto - iminyaka engama-35 kanye," kusho uMiller. "Ngakho-ke, kwezinye izimo lapho senza ubuhlakani obufanele kumaphrojekthi esiwafunayo, ingabe sinakho ukulawula isayithi ngalobo bude besikhathi? Kwesinye isikhathi umthuthukisi wangempela uzoyinakekela kwamanye amaphrojekthi, kodwa hhayi wonke, ngakho-ke kuleso simo kuzodingeka sibuyele emuva futhi sixoxisane kabusha nomnikazi wendawo - sithole isikhathi esincane esengeziwe ukuze sikwazi ukusebenzisa izinketho kuleyo minyaka engu-35."
Cishe wonke amaphrojekthi ayi-10 abenezimvume zokusebenzisa okukhethekile kodwa atholakala kuzo zonke izifunda ezinhlanu ezihlukene, eminye imigqa yesifunda ehamba kancane. Ama-arrays atholakala e-Oregon City (3.12 MW), Molalla (3.54 MW), Salem (1.44 MW), Willamina (3.65 MW), Aurora (2.56 MW), Sheridan (3.45 MW), Boring (3.04 MW), Woodburn (3.44 MW), Forest Grove (3.48 MW) kanye neSilver (3.48 MW) kanye neSilver.
Ukuhlola amasayithi ayi-10
Lapho izivumelwano zokuxhumanisa kanye nokuxhaswa ngezimali sezikhona, i-Adapture yathumela abaphathi bayo bezokwakha e-Portland ukuze baqale ukuqasha abasebenzi bendawo ukuze bakhe ama-arrays. Inkampani ikhetha ukusebenzisa abasebenzi bendawo ngokujwayelana nesimo sezwe. Lokhu kunciphisa ukuthi bangaki abantu i-Adapture ebathumela ezindaweni zemisebenzi futhi yonga ezindlekweni zokuhamba kanye nesikhathi esidingekayo sokugibela. Ngemuva kwalokho, abaphathi bephrojekthi baqondisa ukwakhiwa kanye nokugxuma phakathi kwamaphrojekthi.
Kwalethwa ama-survey amaningi, osonkontileka bomphakathi nabasebenza ngogesi ukuze bahlangabezane nezidingo zawo wonke amaphrojekthi. Amanye amasayithi abe nezici zemvelo njengemifudlana nezihlahla ezidinga ukwakheka okwengeziwe nokucatshangelwa komphakathi.
Ngenkathi amaphrojekthi amaningana asakhiwa ngesikhathi esifanayo, uMorgan Zinger, umphathi omkhulu wephrojekthi e-Adapture Renewables, wayevakashela izindawo eziningi usuku ngalunye ukuze aqinisekise ukuthi izinhlelo zokuklama ziyalandelwa.
"Ukuthatha iphothifoliyo efana nalena, kufanele uyibone njengeqembu elilodwa," kusho uZinger. “Kunjengokungathi awukwazanga ukususa unyawo lwakho kugesi baze baqede bonke.”
Umama Wendalo uyangena
Ukusebenza esakhiweni ngo-2020 oGwini oluseNtshonalanga kwaletha izinselelo eziningi.
Ukuqala, ukufakwa kwenzeka ngesikhathi sodlame, obekudinga ukuqhelelana nomphakathi, ukuhlanzeka kanye nezinyathelo ezengeziwe zokuphepha. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-Oregon iba nenkathi yezimvula yaminyaka yonke kusukela ngoNovemba kuya kuMashi, futhi indawo yasePortland iyodwa yaba nezinsuku eziyi-164 zemvula ngo-2020.
Iphrojekthi yelanga ye-Adapture engu-3.48-MW Forest Grove, ithuthukiswe kuphothifoliyo yayo yesistimu ye-Western Oregon enesistimu eyi-10.
"Kunzima ngempela ukwenza umsebenzi womhlaba uma kumanzi ngaphandle," kusho uZinger. "Ungase uzame ukwakha umugqa bese uqhubeka nokuwuhlanganisa bese ivele iminyene kakhulu futhi kufanele wengeze i-gravel futhi ivele iqhubeke. Ingase ibe manzi kakhulu lapho ungakwazi ukushaya inombolo ye-compaction ozama ukuyifinyelela."
Abafaki bekufanele bagxile emsebenzini ophansi njengezisekelo phakathi nezinyanga ezomile. Ukwakhiwa kulo lonke ibhodi kume endaweni eyodwa kusukela ngoNovemba kuya kuMashi, kwathinta izizinda ezimbili zelanga.
Leli qembu aligcinanga ngokubekezelela isizini yezimvula, kodwa liphinde labhekana nemililo yequbula engakaze ibonwe.
Ekupheleni kuka-2020, iqoqo lemililo lasha laze lafika enyakatho e-Oregon City, okuyindawo lapho enye yamaphrojekthi ephothifoliyo ye-Adapture yayitholakala khona. Izindlu eziyizinkulungwane ezine kanye namahektha ayizigidi eziyi-1.07 omhlaba wase-Oregon kwacekelwa phansi imililo yasendle yango-2020.
Naphezu kokubambezeleka okudalwe inhlekelele yemvelo, isimo sezulu esibi esingaguquki kanye nobhubhane lomhlaba wonke, i-Adapture ilethe iphrojekthi yelanga yeshumi neyokugcina ku-inthanethi ngoFebhuwari 2021. Ngenxa yezinkinga zokutholakala kwamamojula, amaphrojekthi asebenzisa ingxube yamamojula we-ET Solar kanye ne-GCL, kodwa wonke ayeneziguquli eziguquliwe ze-APA Solar Racking kanye ne-Sungrow.
I-Adapture iqedele amaphrojekthi ayi-17 ngonyaka odlule, eyi-10 yawo ibivela kuphothifoliyo yaseWestern Oregon.
"Kudinga ukusebenzelana okugcwele kwenhlangano, ngakho-ke senze wonke umuntu angenelele kula maphrojekthi, siqinisekisa ukuthi abantu bayabandakanyeka ngesikhathi esifanele," kusho u-Arya. "Futhi ngicabanga ukuthi esikufundile, futhi saqala ukuqasha ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kule nqubo, bekuletha abantu ngaphambi kwesikhathi ebesivame ukukwenza ukuze siqinisekise ukuthi bayabandakanyeka futhi bangakwazi ukubhekana nalezi zinkinga kusenesikhathi."
Nakuba ejwayelene namaphothifoliyo wamaphrojekthi amaningi, i-Adapture inethemba lokudlulela ekuthuthukiseni amaphrojekthi awodwa amakhudlwana - lawo anama-megawatt abalwa njengengxenye yawo yonke iphothifoliyo yase-Western Oregon.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Sep-01-2021