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Umthamo wamandla elanga aseMelika kulindeleke ukuthi uphindaphindeke kane kule minyaka eyishumi ezayo, kodwa inhloko yenhlangano elwela amalungelo embonini ihlose ukugcina ingcindezi kubenzi bomthetho ukuthi banikeze izikhuthazo ezifika ngesikhathi kunoma iyiphi iphakheji yengqalasizinda ezayo futhi kuthuliswe izinzwa zomkhakha wamandla ahlanzekile mayelana nentela yemikhiqizo evela kwamanye amazwe.
Imboni yelanga yaseMelika ibe nonyaka wokuqopha ngo-2020, ngokusho kombiko omusha ngoLwesibili yiSolar Energy Industries Association kanye noWood Mackenzie. Ukwengezwa kwamandla amasha embonini yelanga yase-US kweqe ngamaphesenti angama-43 ngonyaka owedlule, njengoba imboni ifake irekhodi lomthamo wamagigawathi angama-19.2, ngokusho kombiko we-US Solar Market Insight 2020.
Imboni yelanga kulindeleke ukuthi ifake i-cumulative 324 GW yomthamo omusha - okungaphezu kokuphindwe kathathu inani elisebenza ekupheleni konyaka odlule - ukuze ifinyelele ingqikithi ye-419 GW kule minyaka eyishumi ezayo, ngokusho kombiko.
Imboni iphinde yabona ukufakwa kwekota yesine kwenyuka ngamaphesenti angama-32 unyaka nonyaka, ngisho nokusalela emuva okukhulu kwamaphrojekthi alindele ukuxhunywa, futhi njengoba amaphrojekthi ezinsiza aphuthuma ukuhlangabezana nokwehla obekulindelekile kwezinga Lesikweletu Sentela Yotshalomali, kusho umbiko.
Ukwandiswa kweminyaka emibili kwe-ITC, eyasayinwa yaba umthetho ezinsukwini zokugcina zika-2020, kunyuse umbono weminyaka emihlanu wokusetshenziswa kwelanga ngamaphesenti ayi-17, ngokusho kombiko.
Imboni yelanga ikhule ngokushesha eminyakeni embalwa edlule, yanda ngenkathi abaphathi bakaTrump benza izintela zohwebo kanye nokwenyuka kwezinga lokuqashisa futhi bagxeka ubuchwepheshe njengobubizayo.
UMongameli Joe Biden, ngakolunye uhlangothi, wangena e-White House ngezinhlelo zokubeka izwe endleleni ebheke ekuqedeni amagesi abamba ukushisa egridi yamandla ngo-2035 kanye nomnotho wonkana ngo-2050. Ngokushesha ngemva kokugcotshwa kwakhe, u-Biden wasayina umyalo wokuphatha owawufuna ukwandisa ukukhiqizwa kwamandla avuselelekayo ezindaweni zomphakathi kanye namanzi.
UMongameli we-SEIA kanye ne-CEO u-Abigail Ross Hopper utshele i-POLITICO ukuthi iqembu lezohwebo linethemba lokuthi iphakheji yengqalasizinda ezayo izogxila ezikweletini zentela embonini, kanye nokusiza ekwakheni ukuhanjiswa kanye nokufakwa kukagesi ohlelweni lwezokuthutha.
“Ngicabanga ukuthi ziningi izinto iCongress engayenza lapho,” kusho yena. "Ngokusobala izikweletu zentela ziyithuluzi elibalulekile, intela yekhabhoni iyithuluzi elibalulekile, [futhi] izinga lamandla ahlanzekile liyithuluzi elibalulekile. Sivulekele izindlela eziningi ezihlukene zokufika lapho, kodwa ukunikeza izinkampani isiqiniseko sesikhathi eside ukuze zikwazi ukutshala izimali kanye nokwakha ingqalasizinda kuwumgomo."
I-SEIA ibe nezingxoxo nabaphathi be-Biden mayelana nengqalasizinda kanye nezikweletu zentela, kusho u-Hopper, kanye nezinhlelo zezohwebo nenqubomgomo zokusiza ukukhiqizwa kwasekhaya e-US Izingxoxo zokuhwebelana zihlanganise kokubili i-White House kanye noMmeleli Wezohwebo wase-United States.
Ngasekuqaleni kwale nyanga, uMnyango Wezobulungiswa ngaphansi kweBiden usekele isinyathelo sabaphathi bakaTrump sokuhoxisa igebe lentela elakhelwe amaphaneli elanga anezinhlangothi ezimbili. Efayeleni eNkantolo Yezohwebo Yamazwe Ngamazwe e-US, i-DOJ ithe inkantolo kufanele isichithe isikhalazo semboni yelanga eholwa yi-SEIA ephonsela inselelo umnyakazo wentela yokungenisa ezweni futhi yathi lowo owayenguMongameli uDonald Trump "wayenegunya elingokomthetho futhi ngokugcwele" ngenkathi evala igebe. I-SEIA yenqabile ukuphawula ngaleso sikhathi.
Kepha uHopper uthe akaboni ukuthi i-Biden DOJ ifaka uphawu njengophawu lokwesekwa okuntengantengayo ngabaphathi, ikakhulukazi njengoba abanye babaqokwe kwezepolitiki beBiden bebengakafiki. "Engikubhekayo ukuthi uMnyango Wezobulungiswa ekwenzeni lokho kufakwa kwamafayela ubuqhubeka nokumisa isu lomthetho [osuvele ulibekile]," wengeza ngokuthi akakuboni "njengendlela yokufa kithi."
Esikhundleni salokho, uHopper uthe okubaluleke kakhulu eqenjini lezohwebo, okuseduzane kakhulu, ukubuyisela "isiqiniseko" mayelana nezindleko zeSigaba 201, uTrump azinyuse ngo-Okthoba zaya kumaphesenti ayi-18 zisuka kumaphesenti ayi-15 ebezingaba yikho. UHopper uthe leli qembu liphinde likhulume nabaphathi mayelana nentela ephindwe kabili ebiyingxenye yalowo myalelo ofanayo kodwa wathi isiguqulile izingxoxo zayo ukuthi zigxile “kuchungechunge olunempilo lwelanga,” kunokuba kuguqulwe iphesenti lentengo.
“Asivele singene sithi, 'Shintsha amanani entengo, susa amanani. Sithi, 'Kulungile, ake sikhulume ngokuthi sineketanga eliqhubekayo, elinempilo lokuhlinzeka ngelanga,'” kusho uHopper.
Abaphathi beBiden, uHopper wengeze, "bayamukele ingxoxo."
"Ngicabanga ukuthi babheka yonke intela yentela eyabekwa umongameli wethu wangaphambili, ngakho amanani entengo angama-201 aqondene ngqo nelanga kusobala ukuthi angenye yawo, kodwa [futhi] amanani entengo ensimbi eSigaba 232 kanye nezintela zeSigaba 301 ezivela eChina," kusho yena. "Ngakho-ke, ukuqonda kwami ukuthi kukhona ukuhlolwa okuphelele kwazo zonke lezi zindleko ezenzekayo."
Abasebenzi be-Congressional baphinde basayina ngesonto eledlule ukuthi abenzi bomthetho bangase bacabangele ukubuyiselwa imali yentela yomoya neyelanga, okuvumela izinkampani ukuthi zihlomule ngokuqondile, okungenani isikhathi esifushane, kusukela ukwehla komnotho wangonyaka odlule kwaqeda imakethe yokulingana kwentela lapho izinkampani zelanga ngokuvamile zithengisa izikweletu zazo. Leso esinye isithiyo “esiphuthumayo” uHopper athe iqembu labahwebi lizimisele ukusinqoba.
“Phakathi kokwehliswa kwezinga lentela yebhizinisi kanye nokuwohloka komnotho, kusobala ukuthi abantu bayathanda ukubolekwa intela,” kusho yena. "Impela, sikubonile ukuncishiswa kwaleyo makethe, ngakho-ke kuba nzima ukuthi amaphrojekthi athole imali, ngoba azikho izikhungo eziningi ezifuna ukwenza lokho. Ngakho-ke besilokhu sinxenxa iCongress kusukela lapho lokhu kubonakala ngonyaka odlule ukuthi lezo zimali zikhokhelwe ngokuqondile kumthuthukisi, esikhundleni sokuba isikweletu sentela kumtshali-zimali."
Uphinde wabala imigqa yokuxhumana yamaphrojekthi kalanga njengenye indawo yobunzima, njengoba amaphrojekthi elanga “ehlezi emgqeni unomphela,” kuyilapho izinsiza zihlola ukuthi kuzobiza malini ukuxhuma.
Ukuthunyelwa kwezindawo zokuhlala kukhuphuke ngamaphesenti ayi-11 ukusuka ngonyaka ka-2019 kwafinyelela kurekhodi elingu-3.1 GW, ngokusho kombiko wangoLwesibili. Kepha ijubane lokukhula belisesephansi kunokukhula ngamaphesenti ayi-18 ngonyaka ka-2019, njengoba ukufakwa kwezindawo zokuhlala kuthinteke yilo bhubhane engxenyeni yokuqala ka-2020.
Isamba esingu-5 GW sezivumelwano ezintsha zokuthengwa kwamandla elanga amenyezelwe ngo-Q4 2020, okukhuphula umthamo wezimemezelo zephrojekthi ngonyaka odlule ukuya ku-30.6 GW kanye nepayipi eliphelele elinenkontileka yesikali sokusebenzisa amandla ukuya ku-69 GW. UWood Mackenzie ubikezela ukukhula kwamaphesenti angama-18 endaweni yokuhlala yelanga ngo-2021.
“Lo mbiko uyajabulisa ngoba sesilungele ukuphinda kabili ukukhula kwethu eminyakeni eyisishiyagalolunye ezayo. "Futhi, noma senza lokho, asikho endleleni yethu yokufinyelela izinhloso zethu zesimo sezulu. Ngakho-ke kuyakhuthaza futhi kunikeza ukuhlola okungokoqobo mayelana nesidingo sezinqubomgomo ezengeziwe zokusivumela ukuthi sifinyelele leyo migomo yesimo sezulu."
Amandla avuselelekayo aya adume kakhulu emhlabeni wonke. Futhi izinhlelo ze-solar PV zinezinzuzo eziningi ezifana nokunciphisa izikweletu zakho zamandla, ukuthuthukisa ukuphepha kwegridi, kudinga ukulungiswa okuncane nokunye.
Uma uzoqala uhlelo lwakho lwe-solar PV ngomusa cabangela i-PRO.ENERGY njengomphakeli wakho wemikhiqizo yakho yebakaki yokusetshenziswa kwesimiso sonozungezilanga Sizinikezela ukuhlinzeka ngezinhlobo ezahlukene zesakhiwo sokukhweza elanga, izinqwaba zomhlaba, uthango lwezintambo ezinezintambo ezisetshenziswa ohlelweni sonozungezilanga.Siyajabula ukukunikeza isixazululo noma nini lapho udinga.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Sep-29-2021