Ama-turbines amathathu womoya kuphrojekthi yomoya e-Deepwater atholakala olwandle i-Atlantic Ocean eduze naseBlock Island, Rhode Island. Abaphathi beBiden bakulungele ukuhlola isidingo semakethe amandla omoya ezindaweni ezisogwini zaseLouisiana namanye ama-Gulf States.
Ama-turbines amathathu womoya kuphrojekthi yomoya e-Deepwater atholakala olwandle i-Atlantic Ocean eduze naseBlock Island, Rhode Island. Abaphathi beBiden bakulungele ukuhlola isidingo semakethe amandla omoya ezindaweni ezisogwini zaseLouisiana namanye ama-Gulf States.
Abaphathi beBiden bathatha esinye igxathu maqondana namaphrojekthi wamandla omoya okuhloswe ngawo ukukhiqiza ugesi ogwini lwaseLouisiana namanye amazwe gulf.
UMnyango Wezangaphakathi wase-US uzokhipha isicelo esibizwa ngokuthi "isifiso esithandekayo" ezinkampanini ezizimele kamuva kuleli sonto ukukala inzalo yamandla asogwini lomoya eMexico.
Uhulumeni waseBiden ukhuthaza ukwakhiwa kwama-30 gw wamandla omoya asogwini lolwandlekazi ngo-2030.
"Lesi yisinyathelo sokuqala esibalulekile ekuqondeni ukuthi iyiphi indima esebenza ngayo iGulf," kusho uDeburand Harand, uNgqongqoshe Wezangaphakathi.
Isicelo sifuna izinkampani ezinentshisekelo kumaphrojekthi wokuthuthukisa asogwini eLouisiana, eTexas, Mississippi nase-Alabama. Uhulumeni wobumbano ngokuyinhloko unesithakazelo kumaphrojekthi wamandla omoya, kepha futhi ufuna ulwazi mayelana nanoma yiluphi olunye ubuchwepheshe obuvuselelekile lwamandla olutholakala emakethe.
Ngemuva kokuthi isicelo semininingwane sikhishwe ngoJuni 11, kuzoba newindi lokuphawula lomphakathi lezinsuku ezingama-45 ukuthola inzalo yezinkampani ezizimele kule miklamo.
Kodwa-ke, kunomgwaqo omude futhi onzima ngaphambili ngaphambi kweTurbine Blades Spin kude namabhishi e-Gulf Coast. Izindleko ezingaphambili zamapulazi omoya aphesheya kwezilwandle kanye nengqalasizinda yokudlulisela ziphakeme kunaleso samandla elanga. Imfuno yezinkampani zezifunda zezifunda, kufaka phakathi i-Entergy, i-TEPID, futhi inkampani yenqabe izicelo zokutshala amandla e-Offshore Wind Power ngenxa yokwehla komnotho esikhathini esedlule.
Noma kunjalo, izinkampani zamandla ezivuselelekayo zisenesizathu sokuba nethemba. Eminyakeni emibili edlule, abaphathi bakwa-Ocean Energy batshele uMkhandlu Wedolobha LaseNew Orleans ukuthi i-Gulf Coast Region - ikakhulukazi iTexas, uLouisiana, noFlorida - inamandla amakhulu omoya e-United States. Ama-Federal Relulators athi amanzi asezindaweni eziningi ajulile ngokwanele ukwakha amapulazi amakhulu omoya afakwe olwandle.
Iminyaka eminingi, amandla elanga abe yisiqubulo samalungu omkhandlu wedolobha laseNew Orleans, ahlose ukuthuthukisa ikusasa lamandla elizinzile kakhulu leNew Orleans ...
Ngaleso sikhathi, uBoem wathengisa inkontileka yokuqashisa yephrojekthi yamandla e-East Coast Wind Power ebiza cishe cishe ama-US $ 500 wezigidi, kepha ayikakuniki noma yisiphi inkontileka yokuqashisa esifundeni saseGulf. Iphrojekthi enkulu ye-800 MW Wind turbine eduzane ne-Martha's Vineel kulindeleke ukuthi ixhunywe kwigridi kulo nyaka.
Inkampani yeLouisiana ithole ubuchwepheshe beBlock Island Wind Farm, iphrojekthi engu-30 MW eyakhiwe eduze nogu lweRhode Island ngo-2016.
UMike Celata, i-New Orleans BOEM Regional Director, echaze ukunyakaza njengesinyathelo "sokuqala" samandla kahulumeni wobumbano wokuvuselela ubungcweti bomkhakha wonke wawo-phesheya kwezilwandle.
Uhulumeni we-Federal ukhethe amahektare ayizigidi eziyi-1,7 asogwini lomoya futhi usayine izinkontileka zokuqashwa ezi-17 ezivumelekile nezinkampani - ikakhulukazi ogwini lwe-Atlantic kusuka eCape Cotatas.
U-Adamu Anderson wayemi eceleni kwendlela emincane eyawe eMfuleni iMississippi futhi wayikhomba emcudweni wokhonkolo ongamacala angu-3,000.
Isikhathi sePosi: Aug-28-2021