Nk’uko byatangajwe n’itangazamakuru ryo mu mahanga, Minisiteri y’Ingufu muri Amerika (DOE) irateganya guha abakora imishinga inkunga ya miliyoni 30 z’amadolari n’inkunga yo gushyiraho sisitemu zo kubika ingufu, kuko yizeye kugabanya cyane ikiguzi cyo gushyiraho sisitemu zo kubika ingufu.
Inkunga itangwa n’Ibiro by’Amashanyarazi bya DOE (OE), izagabanywamo ibice bibiri bingana bya miliyoni 15 z’amadolari buri kimwe. Kimwe muri ibyo bigega kizashyigikira ubushakashatsi mu kunoza uburyo bwo kubika ingufu igihe kirekire (LDES), bushobora gutanga ingufu nibura amasaha 10. Ikindi kigega kizatanga inkunga ya gahunda y’ibikorwa byihuse byo kwerekana ingufu mu biro by’amashanyarazi bya Minisiteri y’Ingufu muri Amerika (OE), yagenewe gutera inkunga byihuse uburyo bushya bwo kubika ingufu.
Muri Werurwe uyu mwaka, iyi gahunda yasezeranyije gutanga inkunga ya miliyoni 2 z'amadolari muri laboratwari esheshatu z'igihugu za Minisiteri y'Ingufu muri Amerika kugira ngo zifashe izi nzego z'ubushakashatsi gukora ubushakashatsi, kandi inkunga nshya ya miliyoni 15 z'amadolari ishobora gufasha kwihutisha ubushakashatsi ku buryo bwo kubika ingufu za bateri.
Igice gisigaye cy’inkunga ya DOE kizashyigikira zimwe mu nzira zo kubika ingufu ziri mu ntangiriro z’ubushakashatsi n’iterambere, kandi zitaratangira gushyirwa mu bikorwa mu bucuruzi.
Kwihutisha ishyirwa mu bikorwa rya sisitemu zo kubika ingufu
Gene Rodrigues, Umunyamabanga wungirije ushinzwe amashanyarazi muri Minisiteri y’Ingufu muri Amerika, yagize ati: “Kuboneka kw’izi nkunga bizihutisha ishyirwaho rya sisitemu zo kubika ingufu mu gihe kizaza kandi bitange ibisubizo bihendutse byo guhaza ibyifuzo by’abakiriya by’amashanyarazi. Ibi ni umusaruro w’umurimo ukomeye ukorwa n’inganda zibika ingufu.”, uru rwego ruri ku isonga mu guteza imbere iterambere ry’ububiko bw’ingufu bugezweho mu gihe kirekire.”
Nubwo Minisiteri y’Ingufu muri Amerika itaratangaje abakora imishinga cyangwa imishinga yo kubika ingufu izahabwa inkunga, iyi gahunda izagera ku ntego za 2030 zashyizweho n’Irushanwa ry’Ububiko bw’Ingufu (ESGC), ririmo intego zimwe na zimwe.
ESGC yatangijwe mu Ukuboza 2020. Intego y'iki gikorwa ni ukugabanya ikiguzi cyo kubika ingufu ku buryo burambye bwo kubika ingufu ku kigero cya 90% hagati ya 2020 na 2030, bigagabanya ikiguzi cy'amashanyarazi kikagera kuri $0.05/kWh. Intego yayo ni ukugabanya ikiguzi cyo gukora bateri ya EV ya kilometero 300 ku kigero cya 44% mu gihe cyose, bikagabanya ikiguzi cyayo kikagera kuri $80/kWh.
Inkunga yavuye muri ESGC yakoreshejwe mu gushyigikira imishinga myinshi yo kubika ingufu, harimo n’aho “Grid Energy Storage Launchpad” yubakwa na Laboratwari y’Igihugu ya Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) ku nkunga ya miliyoni 75 z’amadolari. Inkunga iheruka izakoreshwa mu mishinga ikomeye nk’iyo y’ubushakashatsi n’iterambere.
ESGC kandi yiyemeje miliyoni 17.9 z'amadolari ku bigo bine, Largo Clean Energy, TreadStone Technologies, OTORO Energy na Quino Energy, guteza imbere ubushakashatsi bushya n'uburyo bwo gukora ibikoresho byo kubika ingufu.
Iterambere ry'inganda zibika ingufu muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika
DOE yatangaje aya mahirwe mashya yo gutera inkunga mu nama ya ESGC i Atlanta. DOE kandi yavuze ko Laboratwari y'igihugu ya Pacific Northwest na Laboratwari y'igihugu ya Argonne bizaba abahuzabikorwa b'imishinga ya ESGC mu myaka ibiri iri imbere. Ibiro bya DOE bishinzwe amashanyarazi (OE) n'ibiro bya DOE bishinzwe gukoresha neza ingufu n'ingufu zisubiranya bizatanga inkunga y'amadolari 300.000 yo kwishyura ikiguzi cya gahunda ya ESGC kugeza mu mpera z'umwaka w'ingengo y'imari wa 2024.
Inkunga nshya yakiriwe neza n'ibice bimwe na bimwe by'inganda zikora ibicuruzwa ku isi, aho Andrew Green, umuyobozi mukuru w'ishyirahamwe mpuzamahanga rya zinc (IZA), yavuze ko yishimiye iyi nkuru.
“Ishyirahamwe Mpuzamahanga rya Zinc ryishimiye kubona Minisiteri y’Ingufu ya Amerika itangaza ishoramari rishya rikomeye mu kubika ingufu,” Green yagize ati, “Dufite amatsiko menshi ku bijyanye na zinc nk’igice cy’uburyo bwo kubika bateri. Yagize ati: “Twishimiye amahirwe bateri za zinc zizana mu nganda. Twiteguye gukorana kugira ngo dukemure izi ngamba nshya binyuze mu mugambi wa bateri za zinc.”
Amakuru akurikira ukwiyongera gukomeye k'ubushobozi bwo kubika bateri bwashyizwe muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika mu myaka yashize. Nk'uko amakuru yashyizwe ahagaragara n'Ikigo gishinzwe gutanga amakuru ku ngufu muri Amerika abigaragaza, ubushobozi bwo kubika bateri nini muri Amerika bwazamutse buva kuri 149.6MW mu 2012 bugera kuri 8.8GW mu 2022. Umuvuduko w'iterambere nawo uri kwiyongera cyane, aho 4.9GW ya sisitemu zo kubika ingufu zashyizwe muri 2022 zikuba hafi kabiri ugereranije n'umwaka ushize.
Inkunga ya leta ya Amerika ishobora kuba ingenzi cyane mu kugera ku ntego zayo zikomeye zo gushyira mu bikorwa ububiko bw'ingufu, haba mu kongera ubushobozi bwo kubika ingufu muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika no guteza imbere ikoranabuhanga ryo kubika ingufu igihe kirekire. Mu Gushyingo gushize, Minisiteri y'Ingufu ya Amerika yatangaje by'umwihariko inkunga ya miliyoni 350 z'amadolari y'Amerika mu mishinga yo kubika ingufu igihe kirekire, igamije gushishikariza udushya muri uru rwego.
Igihe cyo kohereza: Kanama-04-2023
