Ngokutsho kwedatha evela kwi-Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), i-solar entsha yafakwa e-United States kwiinyanga ezisibhozo zokuqala ze-2023 kunanoma yimuphi umthombo wamandla - i-fossil fuel or renewable.
Kwinyanga yayo yamva nje“Uhlaziyo lweziBonelelo zaMandla”ingxelo (ngedatha ngo-Agasti 31, 2023), iirekhodi ze-FERC ukuba ilanga libonelele nge-8,980 MW yomthamo omtsha wokuvelisa ekhaya - okanye i-40.5% yetotali. Ukongezwa komthamo welanga ngexesha lesibini kwisithathu sokuqala kulo nyaka bekukho ngaphezu kwesinye esithathwini (35.9%) esikhulu kunexesha elifanayo kulo nyaka uphelileyo.
Kwakwesi sithuba seenyanga ezisibhozo, umoya unikezele nge-2,761 MW (12.5%) eyongezelelweyo, amandla ombane afikelela kuma-224 MW, i-geothermal yongeze i-44 MW kunye ne-biomass yongeze i-30 MW, okuzisa umxube opheleleyo wemithombo yamandla ahlaziyekayo ukuya kuma-54.3% ohlelo olutsha. Irhasi yendalo yongeza i-8,949 MW, inyukliya entsha yongeza i-1,100 MW, i-oyile yongeza i-32 MW kunye nobushushu benkunkuma bongeza i-31 MW. Oku kuhambelana nokuphononongwa kwedatha ye-FERC yi-SUN DAY Campaign.
Ukukhula okuqinileyo kweSolar kubonakala ngathi kuya kuqhubeka. I-FERC inika ingxelo yokuba izongezo zelanga phakathi kukaSeptemba ka-2023 no-Agasti 2026 zizonke ezingama-83,878-MW – isixa esiphantse sibe siphindaphindwe kane uqikelelo “olunokwenzeka” olongezelelo lomoya (21,453 MW) nangaphezulu kwamaxesha angama-20 ngaphezulu kwe ezo ziqikelelwe irhasi yendalo (4,037 MW).
Kwaye amanani elanga anokubonisa ukuba alondoloza. I-FERC ikwanika ingxelo yokuba kunokubakho malunga ne-214,160 MW yezongezo ezintsha zelanga kumbhobho weminyaka emithathu.
Ukuba nje ukongezwa “okunokwenzeka okuphezulu” kwenzeka, ngasekupheleni kwehlobo lika-2026, ilanga kufuneka likhuphe ngaphezu kwesinye sesibhozo (12.9%) somthamo wokuvelisa wesizwe ofakelweyo. Oko kunokuba ngaphezulu nokuba kumoya (12.4%) okanye amandla ombane (7.5%). Umthamo wokuvelisa weSolar ngo-Agasti ka-2026 nawo uya kudlula i-oyile (2.6%) namandla enyukliya (7.5%), kodwa siwa phantsi nje kwamalahle (13.8%). Irhasi yendalo iseza kuqulatha esona sabelo sikhulu somthamo wokuvelisa ofakelweyo (41.7%), kodwa umxube wemithombo yonke ehlaziyekayo iya kuphelela kuma-34.2% kwaye ibe sendleleni yokunciphisa ngakumbi ilothe yerhasi yendalo.
"Ngaphandle kokuphazamiseka, nyanga nganye amandla elanga anyusa isabelo sawo somthamo wokuvelisa umbane wase-US," utshilo umphathi we-SUN DAY Campaign uKen Bossong. Ngoku, kwiminyaka engama-50 emva kokuqaliswa kokuvalwa kweoyile yama-Arabhu ngowe-1973, ilanga likhule lisuka ekubeni lingento lanto laya kutsho kwinxalenye enkulu yomxube wamandla esizweni.”
Iindaba ze-SUN DAY
Ixesha lokuposa: Oct-24-2023