Namhlanje umthombo wamandla ohlukileyo kunye nococekileyo ubaluleke kakhulu. Amandla omsinga anamandla amakhulu efihla elwandle kwaye kusafuneka ibotshelelwe ngokufanelekileyo.
Umvelisi wokuqala opheleleyo wolu hlobo lwamandla ityhilwe eWales kuthotho lweenzame ukunciphisa ukukhutshwa kwekhabhoni e-UK. Umvelisi wamandla uza kusebenza phantsi kovavanyo lweenyanga ezili-12 eRamsay Sound, ePembrokeshire. Amandla aveliswa sisixhobo sokubonisa zii-400 kilowatts, eziza kufakwa kwiiveki ezimbalwa kwaye ziya kusetyenziswa ukunika amandla izindlu eziyi-100 ezikufutshane.
I-Tidal Energy Ltd ibanga ukuba i-DeltaStream yayo enelungelo elilodwa lomenzi iya kuba nokubaluleka okubalulekileyo kule ndawo yamandla ehlaziyekayo. UMlawuli weNkampani uMartin Murphy uthe ukwaziswa kwalo mvelisi kuphawule inqanaba eliphambili kushishino lwamandla olwandle eWales: 'Le projekthi yeWales, ngaphandle kokubonisa amabhongo ethu xa kuziwa kumbane ococekileyo, iya kuzisa namathuba abalulekileyo kubantu bendawo nakumashishini abo.«.
Umvelisi wokuqala uya kuba eyokuqala kwezi 9 ziceba ukukhwela kwiNtloko yeDavid David ePemrokeshire ukwenza iigridi ezivelisa iimegawathi ezili-10 zamandla. I-DeltaStream inobunzima obungaphezu kweetoni ezili-150 kwaye ubukhulu bayo zi-16 x 20 yeemitha. Inee-turbine ezi-3 ezithe tyaba ezixhume kumvelisi kwaye iseti ngokwayo yenza unxantathu.
Le projekthi ixhaswe ngemali ye- $ 8 yezigidi zeemali zeManyano yaseYurophu. Ngo-2035, olu hlobo lwamandla kuye kwaqikelelwa ukuba luya kuba kufutshane ne- $ 6100 yezigidigidi kuqoqosho lwase-UK oludala imisebenzi engaphezulu kwama-20000.
Ividiyo esikulethela yona ivela kule migca bonisa indlela esebenza ngayo le jenereta yamandla olwandle.