Kubukeka sengathi yonke into yabhalwa ngaphambi komkhakha welanga, kusukela ngombiko ngamunye omusha ovelayo iyaqhubeka nokwandisa ukukhula kwayo, njengoba kukhonjisiwe embikweni oshicilelwe yiSolar Energy Industries Association (SEIA).
Imboni yelanga ifakiwe 2.501 megawatts we-PV kwikota yesibili yonyaka we-2016 e-United States, okuletha umthamo ophelele wama-gigawatts angama-31,6 nokwenza lelo kota libe ngelehle kakhulu embonini. Manje kunelanga elanele elifakelwe amandla angaphezu kwamakhaya ayizigidi ezingama-6,2 aseMelika nokunciphisa ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni ngamathani ayizigidi ezingama-37 unyaka ngamunye.
Ukufakwa okusha kwamandla elanga kwaba kuqedwa njalo ngemizuzwana engama-82 engxenyeni yokuqala yonyaka we-2016, elingana nokufakwa okungaphezulu kwe-1.000 nsuku zonke. Le mvamisa yilokho okwenze inani eliphelele lezinhlelo eziyizigidi eziyi-1,1 ezisuselwa kumandla elanga njengamanje ase-United States, okuthathe iminyaka engama-40 ukuyizuza, kwaba yisamba esingu-2018 million ngo-2.
Okunye okusele onyakeni nakho kukuhle kakhulu. Imboni ilindile engeza i-13,9 GW wesikhundla esisha, okungaba yisilinganiso sokukhula esingu-85% ngaphezu konyaka odlule. I-4 GW yomthamo yengezwe engxenyeni yokuqala yonyaka we-2016, kepha imboni izokwazi ukwengeza icishe ibe yi-10 GW ezinyangeni eziyisithupha zokugcina zonyaka, okungamaphesenti angama-34 ngaphezu kokufakwa kuwo wonke unyaka ka-2015, irekhodi lonyaka.
Embikweni we-SMI le mininingwane iyabiwa:
- Kwawa amanani elanga kuzo zonke izingxenye Kusuka emakethe
- Intengo yelanga ngu 18% ngaphansi kunangonyaka odlule kanti ama-63% angaphansi kuka-5
- Ilanga limelwe Amaphesenti angama-26 kuwo wonke amandla kagesi amasha akhiqizwe engxenyeni yokuqala yonyaka wezi-2016
- Hay Amasistimu elanga ayizi-1.162.000 efakwe e-United States
- Umkhakha wokuhlala ufake u-650 MW