Amalahle alahlekelwa amandla elanga, umoya kanye nendawo yokugcina impahla e-Arizona utility plan

Insiza yase-Arizona i-Tucson Electric Power (TEP) imise izinhlelo zokuhlinzeka ngo-70% wamandla ayo avela elanga nasemoyeni ngo-2035, isekelwe ngokutshalwa kwezimali kumthamo omusha wokugcina amandla.

Ngesonto eledlule le nhlangano ifake uhlelo lwayo lwezinsiza oludidiyelwe (i-IRP) kumlawuli kahulumeni, ichaza izinhlelo ze-solar nomoya omusha ongu-2.5GW eminyakeni engu-15 ezayo kanye no-1.4GW womthamo wokugcina amandla njengoba iqhubeka ivala iziteshi zayo zikagesi wamalahle.

Le nhlangano ithe ngenxa yokukhathazeka kwezemvelo kanye nokuba khona kwezinhlelo zamandla avuselelekayo nezindawo zokugcina abiza kancane ihlose ukuhoxisa yonke imikhumbi yayo ekhiqiza amalahle futhi yehlise ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni kuyo yonke iphothifoliyo yayo ngama-80% ngo-2035.

"Sisheshisa ukushintshela kwethu ezinsizeni zamandla ahlanzekile ngohlelo olungabizi kakhulu olusekela isevisi enokwethenjelwa futhi ethengekayo emithonjeni eqhubekayo esimeme," kusho isikhulu esiphezulu se-TEP uDavid Hutchens."Sizobe sehlisa ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni ngesivinini esisibeka phambili emizamweni yomhlaba wonke yokulwa nokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu."

Kanye nokuvalwa okumenyezelwe kakade kwezitshalo ezibaswa ngamalahle, i-TEP ithe izohoxisa amanye amayunithi amabili acishe abe ngu-800MW ngo-2032;ngo-2035 insiza izobe seyehlile ngaphezu kwe-1GW yomthamo wamalahle.

Esikhundleni salokho, insiza izogxila ekutshalweni kwayo ezintweni ezivuselelekayo, ukugcinwa kanye nokunye okukhiqizwa ngegesi yemvelo.

Ngo-2035, uhlelo lwe-TEP lunikeza imininingwane yokwengezwa kwe-solar entsha engaphezu kuka-1.7GW kanye no-846MW womoya.Ngaphezu kwalokho, insiza futhi ihlela ukufaka i-1.4GW yokugcina amandla ngo-2035 ngaphezu kuka-50MW wesitoreji samandla ebhethri esivele sisebenza noma esinenkontileka namuhla.

Okuningi kwalokhu kutshalwa kwezimali kulayishwa emuva ezigabeni zakamuva zesikhathi sohlelo, izingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu zomthamo wesitoreji olindelekile zizoqala ukusebenza ngemva kuka-2030 lapho kulindeleke ukwehla okukhulu kwezindleko zokulondoloza.

“Ukugcina isevisi enokwethenjelwa enamazinga aphezulu omoya namandla elanga kudinga izinsiza zegesi yemvelo ezisabelayo, ezisebenza kahle kanye nokugcinwa, okucatshangwa ukuthi zizothengeka kakhulu kule minyaka eyishumi ezayo,” kusho u-Hutchens."Uhlelo lwethu lwenzelwe ukusizakala ngalokho kwehliswa kwentengo ukuze kuncishiswe i-carbon emissions ngaphandle kokuyekethisa ekungabizini kwezindleko noma ukukwazi ukuyikhokhela."

Ukusheshisa ukuhoxiswa kwezimboni zamandla kagesi ngamalahle okuvuna okuvuselelekayo nokugcinwa kube yindikimba echazayo yokubulawa kwama-IRP okumenyezelwe yizinsiza zase-US ezinyangeni ezedlule.Ngokuphawulekayo, ngo-Okthoba odlule, i-PacifiCorp, inkampani ephethwe ngumtshalizimali u-Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Energy, yembula izinhlelo zokwengeza ngaphezu kuka-6GW welanga kanye cishe no-3GW wokugcina amandla ngo-2038. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, insiza ihlela ukususa cishe i-4.5GW yephothifoliyo yamalahle. kusukela ekusebenzeni.

Lokhu kuye kwasekelwa futhi izinsiza e-Indiana, Virginia naseCalifornia ukuthi zifake isitoreji selanga namandla kuma-IRP kulo nyaka.