Okwonyaka we-2018, amandla elanga angasebenza kwezomnotho ukuze unikeze amandla emadolobheni amakhulu futhi ngo-2040 uhhafu wawo wonke ugesi uzobe usukhiqizwa endaweni efanayo naleyo osetshenziswa kuyo. Ukuphela kwamandla amalahle kusondele.
Ku-The Guardian kuza imininingwane ethokozisayo yokuthi okokuqala kanjani kwimemori, intengo kagesi esifundazweni saseQueensland e-Australia kwehla kwaba maphakathi nesikhathi sosuku. Lapho imvamisa icishe ibe ngama- $ 40-50 ngamamegawathi, yehle yaze yaya kuziro. Amanani ayehla isonto lonke, ngenxa yethonya lesinye seziteshi zamandla ezintsha nezinkulu kunazo zonke esifundazweni: ama-solar panel.
Ukwehliswa kwentengo nge-kilowatt ngayinye kwenzeka ebusuku, lapho iningi labantu lilele kakhulu, okufunwayo kuphansi futhi ugesi ophehlwa ngamalahle uvame ukuvalwa. Lokhu akuyona into evame ukwenzeka emini, ngoba amanani ngalesi sikhathi athambekele ekuboniseni ukufunwa okuphezulu lapho abantu besebenza, amahhovisi asetshenziswa ngokugcwele futhi izimboni zikhiqiza. Lesi sikhathi sosuku yilapho ugesi ophehla izinsalela ezimbiwa phansi uvame ukuthola inzuzo enkulu kwezomnotho.
Ukuvela kwamapaneli elanga sekuphinde kwavela nge-1,100 MW ezakhiweni ezingaphezu kuka-350000 eQueensland, kukhiqiza ugesi ngaleso sikhathi ama-generator amalahle ayesebenza njengoba nje nelanga laliyozilahla kunina. Umthelela abe nawo ubaluleke kakhulu futhi amanani entengo ehle kakhulu kangangoba ngogesi nje abambalwa abenza ugesi abenze inzuzo ngonyaka odlule.
UTony Abbot, uNdunankulu, uthanda ukusho ukuthi i-Australia iyizwe elinamandla aphansi, okuyiqiniso ngokwengxenye, ngoba akubizi kakhulu ukuthatha ifosholo lamalahle ulifake kubhayela ukuze kukhiqizwe ugesi. Inkinga yabantu base-Australia izindleko zokuthola lawo ma-electron ngamanethiwekhi wokusatshalaliswa kanye nezintela.
Lezindleko zithwala ukuze abaninikhaya bathenge ama-solar panels okuholela ekutheni ngonyaka ka-2023 nango-2024 amabhizinisi angama-90% namakhaya angama-75% abe esenalo hlobo lwamandla.
Iqiniso ukuthi uma bekungafika ezingeni lokuthi intengo kagesi uqobo lwayo yehle iqanda yahlala injalo, izinzuzo zizodlula kubathengi, ukungabaza ngalomqondo uma amandla asuselwa kumalahle angancintisana ngempela nale modeli yamandla. Futhi njengoba izinto zinje manje, okungenani e-Australia bekungeke kwenzeke, ngoba amalahle akasoze akhululeka.
Njengamanje izinkampani ezahlukahlukene ezihlinzeka ngamapaneli elanga yilezi ukuvumela amakhasimende ukuthi afake amaningi njengoba efuna Inqobo nje uma bengabuyisi okungaphezulu abangahle bakuthole kugridi kagesi. Ngakho-ke abanaso isisusa esincane sokuthengisa kabusha leyo nsada yamandla, okubenza ekugcineni bakhethe ukufaka amabhethri okugcina ukuze bavikele lawo mandla athe xaxa abawathola mahhala elangeni.
Y, okuwukuphela kwesinyathelo esisele ukunqamula unomphela kusuka kugridi yamandla. Ezindaweni eziqhelile kungaba nengqondo, njengoba izindleko zokuthola amandla kuzo zibiza kakhulu. Okuthusa kakhulu labo abaziphilisa ngamandla asuselwa kumalahle kakhulu ukuthi lokhu kulinganiswa kwamandla kungaba namandla kwezomnotho emadolobheni amakhulu, ngoba nango-2018 kungaba yinto engokoqobo, ngokusho kwenkampani etshala imali i-UBS.
Kwabangu-2014 kungaba nokuncipha okungama-40% kubathengi abazosuswa kusuka kunethiwekhi enkulu kagesi, iba yingqophamlando emadolobheni amakhulu nasezweni elikhulu njenge-Australia.