UJoe Seaman-Graves ungumhleli wedolobha wedolobha elincane laseCohoes, eNew York.Wayefuna indlela engabizi kakhulu yokuhlinzeka ugesi edolobheni.Yayingekho enye indawo okwakungakhiwa kuyo.Kodwa ama-Cohoes anawo cishe amahektha ayi-6 amanziindawo yokugcina amanzi.
U-Seaman-Graves ubheke igama elithi “solar elintantayo” ku-Google.Wayengajwayelene nobuchwepheshe, osekuyisikhathi eside buyindlela ethandwayo yokukhiqiza amandla ahlanzekile e-Asia.
U-Seaman-Graves ufunde ukuthi indawo yokugcina amanzi yedolobha ingabamba amaphaneli elanga anele ukunika amandla zonke izakhiwo zedolobha.Futhi lokho kungasindisa idolobha imali engaphezu kuka-$500,000 unyaka ngamunye.
Iyantantaiphaneli yelanga amaphrojekthi abone ukukhula okusheshayo njengendlela entsha yamandla ahlanzekile e-United States nase-Asia.Amapaneli elanga antantayo afunwa hhayi nje ngenxa yamandla awo ahlanzekile, kodwa futhi ngoba alondoloza amanzi ngokuvimbela ukuhwamuka.
Ucwaningo lwakamuva oluvele kuImvelo Ukusimamaithole ukuthi amadolobha angaphezu kuka-6,000 emazweni angu-124 angakhiqiza wonke ugesi wawo odingekayo esebenzisa ilanga elintantayo.Iphinde yathola ukuthi amaphaneli angasindisa amadolobha amanzi anele unyaka ngamunye ukuze agcwalise amachibi okubhukuda angange-Olympic ayizigidi ezingu-40.
Zhenzhong Zeng auprofesaeSouthern University of Science and Technology eShenzhen, eChina.Wasebenza esifundweni.Uthe izifunda zaseMelika ezifana neFlorida, Nevada neCalifornia zingakhiqiza amandla amaningi ngelanga elintantayo kunalokho ezikudingayo.
Umqondo welanga elintantayo ulula: namathisela amaphaneli ezakhiweni ezintanta emanzini.Amaphaneli asebenza njengesembozo esinciphisa ukuhwamuka kuze kufike ku-zero.Amanzi agcina amaphaneli epholile.Lokhu kuzivumela ukuthi zikhiqize ugesi omningi kunamaphaneli asemhlabeni, alahlekelwa ukusebenza kahle lapho kushisa kakhulu.
Elinye lamapulazi elanga antantayo e-US iphrojekthi ye-4.8-megawatt e-Healdsburg, California.Yakhiwe nguCiel & Terre.Le nkampani yakhe amaphrojekthi angama-270 emazweni angama-30.
Izindleko eziphakeme ekuqaleni
UChris Bartle wakwaCiel & Terre ulinganisele ukuthi ilanga elintantayo libiza amaphesenti ayi-10 kuye kwayi-15 ngaphezu kwelanga lasemhlabeni ekuqaleni.Kodwa ubuchwepheshe bonga imali isikhathi eside.
Amanzi ajulile angakhuphula izindleko zokusetha, futhi ubuchwepheshe abukwazi ukusebenza emanzini ahamba ngokushesha, olwandle oluvulekile noma ogwini olunamagagasi amakhulu kakhulu.
Izinkinga zingavela uma amaphaneli elanga emboza ingxenye enkulu yamanzi.Lokho kungashintsha izinga lokushisa kwamanzi futhi kulimaza ukuphila ngaphansi kwamanzi.Abacwaningi babheka ukuthi izinkambu ze-electromagnetic ezivela kumaphaneli antantayo zingathinta yini ngaphansi kwamanziizimiso zemvelo.Nokho, abukho ubufakazi balokho okwamanje.
E-Cohoes, izikhulu zikahulumeni zilungiselela ukusethwa kwephrojekthi yazo ngasekupheleni kwalo nyaka.Lo msebenzi uzodla imali elinganiselwa ku-$6.5 million.
U-Seaman-Graves uthe ukholelwa ukuthi iphrojekthi ye-solar yedolobha lakhe elintantayo ingaba isibonelo kwamanye amadolobha aseMelika.
“Siwumphakathi wobulungiswa kwezemvelo futhi sibona omkhuluithubaamadolobha anengeniso ephansi kuya emaphakathiphindaphindaesikwenzayo,” kusho yena.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: May-19-2023