Izinjini zomoya ezintathu kuphrojekthi yomoya wamanzi ajulile zitholakala olwandle i-Atlantic Ocean eduze kwaseBlock Island, e-Rhode Island. Abaphathi beBiden sebekulungele ukuhlola isidingo semakethe samandla omoya ezindaweni ezisogwini lwaseLouisiana nakwezinye izifundazwe zaseGulf.
Izinjini zomoya ezintathu kuphrojekthi yomoya wamanzi ajulile zitholakala olwandle i-Atlantic Ocean eduze kwaseBlock Island, e-Rhode Island. Abaphathi beBiden sebekulungele ukuhlola isidingo semakethe samandla omoya ezindaweni ezisogwini lwaseLouisiana nakwezinye izifundazwe zaseGulf.
Abaphathi beBiden bathatha elinye igxathu elibheke kumaphrojekthi wamandla omoya okuhloswe ngawo ukukhiqiza ugesi ogwini lwaseLouisiana nakwamanye amazwe aseGulf.
UMnyango Wezangaphakathi wase-US uzokhipha lokho okubizwa ngokuthi “isicelo senzuzo” ezinkampanini ezizimele ngasekupheleni kwaleli sonto ukuze zilinganise intshisekelo yemakethe kanye nokuba nokwenzeka kwemiklamo yamandla omoya ogwini lolwandle eGulf of Mexico.
Uhulumeni waseBiden ukhuthaza ukwakhiwa kwe-30 GW yamandla omoya ogwini ogwini yizinkampani ezizimele ngo-2030.
"Lesi isinyathelo sokuqala esibalulekile ekuqondeni ukuthi iyiphi indima engase ibanjwe iGulf," kusho uDebu Harand, uNgqongqoshe Wezangaphakathi.
Isicelo sifuna izinkampani ezinentshisekelo kumaphrojekthi wokuthuthukiswa kogu eLouisiana, Texas, Mississippi, nase-Alabama. Uhulumeni wobumbano unentshisekelo kakhulu kumaphrojekthi wamandla omoya, kodwa futhi ufuna ulwazi mayelana nanoma ibuphi obunye ubuchwepheshe bamandla avuselelekayo obutholakala emakethe.
Ngemuva kokukhishwa kwesicelo semininingwane ngoJuni 11, kuzoba newindi lezinsuku ezingama-45 lokuphawula komphakathi ukuze kutholakale intshisekelo yezinkampani ezizimele kule miklamo.
Kodwa-ke, kunomgwaqo omude nonzima ngaphambili ngaphambi kokuthi ama-turbine blades asuke emabhishi aseGulf Coast. Izindleko ezingaphambili zamapulazi omoya asogwini kanye nengqalasizinda yokudlulisa zisephezulu kunalezo zamandla elanga. Isidingo esivela ezinkampanini zesifunda, okuhlanganisa i-Entergy, sinzima, futhi inkampani yenqabile izicelo zokutshala imali emandleni omoya ogwini lolwandle ngezizathu zokuwohloka komnotho esikhathini esidlule.
Noma kunjalo, izinkampani zamandla avuselelekayo zisenesizathu sokuba nethemba. Eminyakeni emibili edlule, i-Ocean Energy Administration yatshela uMkhandlu Wedolobha LaseNew Orleans ukuthi isifunda saseGulf Coast—ikakhulukazi iTexas, Louisiana, neFlorida—sinamandla amakhulu omoya e-United States. Abalawuli be-Federal bathi amanzi ezindaweni eziningi awashoni ngokwanele ukuba akhe amapulazi amakhulu omoya abambelele ekujuleni kolwandle.
Iminyaka eminingi, amandla elanga bekuyisiqubulo samalungu oMkhandlu Wedolobha LaseNew Orleans, okuhloswe ngawo ukuthuthukisa ikusasa lamandla elizinzile leNew Orleans…
Ngaleso sikhathi, i-BOEM yathengisa inkontileka yokuqashisa yephrojekthi yamandla omoya osogwini lwase-East ebiza cishe izigidi ezingama-US$500, kodwa ayikakhiphi noma iyiphi inkontileka yokuqashisa esifundeni saseGulf. Iphrojekthi enkulu yenjini yomoya engu-800 MW eduze kwase-Martha's Vineyard kulindeleke ukuthi ixhunywe kugridi kulo nyaka.
Inkampani yaseLouisiana ithole ubuchwepheshe beBlock Island Wind Farm, iphrojekthi ye-30 MW eyakhiwe eduze nogu lwaseRhode Island ngo-2016.
UMike Celata, umqondisi wesifunda se-BOEM saseNew Orleans, uchaze lesi sinyathelo “njengesinyathelo sokuqala” sekhono likahulumeni wobumbano lokukhulisa ubuchwepheshe bayo yonke imboni kawoyela yaphesheya kwezilwandle.
Uhulumeni wobumbano uqashe umhlaba ongamahektha ayizigidi eziyi-1.7 ukuze uthole amandla omoya ogwini lolwandle futhi usayine izinkontileka zokuqashisa ngezohwebo ezisebenzayo eziyi-17 nezinkampani-ikakhulukazi ngasogwini lwe-Atlantic ukusuka e-Cape Cod kuya e-Cape Hatteras.
U-Adam Anderson wayemi endleleni ewumngcingo efinyelela eMfuleni i-Mississippi futhi wakhomba umugqa omusha kakhonkolo ongamamitha angu-3,000 ubude.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Aug-28-2021