Ukusukela ngo-1776, i-United States isebenzise imithombo yamandla eyahlukeneyo njengamanye amazwe amaninzi kule planethi, kodwa ngenxa yobukhulu bayo obukhulu, inokuba ngumzekelo, indlela esitshintshe ngayo Ukusuka kwinto eyayingumthi ukuya ekusetyenzisweni kwamalahle, i-oyile okanye irhasi yendalo njengezona zinto zisetyenziswa kakhulu kwizibaseli ezimbalini "ezimfutshane" njengelizwe.
Kwitshathi evela kulawulo lwamandla e-US uqobo, Singaqhuba uphononongo olukhawulezayo Ukusetyenziswa kobutyebi bemithombo eyahlukeneyo okoko ngo-1776 kwabhengezwa njengesizwe.
Abathathu ibe ngamafutha ezinto ezifezekisiweyo Ukusetyenziswa kwamandla ngama-80% kwiminyaka engaphezulu kwe-100: i-oyile, irhasi yendalo kunye namalahle. Ngale nto ithethwayo, kwaye nangona sijonga indlela izinto ezinokuhlaziywa zithatha indawo yazo, le mithombo mithathu isekwe kwiifosili ibonakala ngathi izakubakhona okwethutyana.
Kwiminyaka yokuqala kwimbali yase-US, iintsapho zazisetyenziswa iinkuni njengowona mthombo wamandla. Amalahle aba ngawona mkhulu ngasekupheleni kwenkulungwane ye-XNUMX, ngaphambi kokuba kugqitywe yimveliso esekwe kwi-petroleum phakathi kwinkulungwane ye-XNUMX, kanye ngexesha apho irhasi yendalo yayiqala ukwanda ekusebenziseni.
Ukusukela embindini wenkulungwane yama-XNUMX, ukusetyenziswa kwamalahle kwaqala ukukhula, ikakhulu njengomthombo wamandla ophambili wokuveliswa kwamandla ombane, kwaye ingaba yintoni uhlobo olutsha lwamandla afana nenyukliya. Emva kwe-hiatus ngo-70, ukusetyenziswa kweoyile kunye negesi yendalo kwabonakala kumile, nangona igesi yendalo yayihamba ngendlela yayo.
Las Amandla ahlaziyekayo aqhushumile kwii-80s ngombane we-hydroelectric njengoyena mdlali uphambili kule ndawo yamandla acocekileyo, kunye nokonyuka okubonakalayo embindini weshumi leminyaka lokuqala lama-2014. Kwi-10, ukusetyenziswa kwezinto ezinokuhlaziywa kukhokelele kwelona pesenti liphezulu kwimbali yelizwe nge-XNUMX%.
Oku kuvula indlela yokuhlaziywa njengomxube wamandla ekulindeleke ukuba wenziwe qhubeka ukwandisa ipesenti Enkosi kwilanga okanye emoyeni ngokudibeneyo ne-biomass kunye ne-geothermal, kwaye oko kubalulekile ukunciphisa ukuthumela i-CO2 emoyeni.