Malinga ndi malipoti a atolankhani akunja, Dipatimenti ya Zamagetsi ku US (DOE) ikukonzekera kupatsa opanga mapulogalamu ndalama zokwana $30 miliyoni zolimbikitsira ndi ndalama zothandizira kukhazikitsa njira zosungira mphamvu, chifukwa ikuyembekeza kuchepetsa kwambiri mtengo wogwiritsa ntchito njira zosungira mphamvu.
Ndalama zothandizirazi, zomwe zikuyendetsedwa ndi Ofesi ya Magetsi ya DOE (OE), zidzagawidwa m'magawo awiri ofanana a $15 miliyoni iliyonse. Chimodzi mwa ndalamazi chidzathandiza kafukufuku wokhudza kudalirika kwa njira zosungira mphamvu nthawi yayitali (LDES), zomwe zingapereke mphamvu kwa maola osachepera 10. Ndalama zina zipereka ndalama ku Dipatimenti ya Mphamvu ya US Department of Energy's Office of Electricity (OE), yomwe idapangidwa kuti ipereke ndalama mwachangu ku malo atsopano osungira mphamvu.
Mu Marichi chaka chino, pulogalamuyi idalonjeza kupereka ndalama zokwana $2 miliyoni ku ma laboratories asanu ndi limodzi a US Department of Energy kuti athandize mabungwe ofufuzawa kuchita kafukufuku, ndipo ndalama zatsopano zokwana $15 miliyoni zingathandize kufulumizitsa kafukufuku wokhudza makina osungira mphamvu zamabatire.
Gawo lina la ndalama za DOE lidzathandiza njira zina zosungira mphamvu zomwe zili kumayambiriro kwa kafukufuku ndi chitukuko, ndipo sizinakonzekere kugwiritsidwa ntchito m'malonda.
Limbikitsani kukhazikitsidwa kwa njira zosungira mphamvu
Gene Rodrigues, Mlembi Wachiwiri wa Zamagetsi ku Dipatimenti ya Zamagetsi ku US, anati: "Kupezeka kwa ndalamazi kudzafulumizitsa kukhazikitsidwa kwa njira zosungira mphamvu mtsogolomu ndikupereka njira zotsika mtengo zokwaniritsira zosowa za magetsi za makasitomala. Izi ndi zotsatira za ntchito yolimba yomwe makampani osungira mphamvu agwira." , makampaniwa ali patsogolo pakulimbikitsa chitukuko cha malo osungira mphamvu zamakono kwa nthawi yayitali.
Ngakhale kuti Dipatimenti ya Zamagetsi ku US sinalengeze kuti ndi opanga mapulogalamu ati kapena mapulojekiti osungira mphamvu omwe adzalandire ndalamazi, mapulogalamuwa adzagwira ntchito yokwaniritsa zolinga za 2030 zomwe zakhazikitsidwa ndi Energy Storage Grand Challenge (ESGC), zomwe zikuphatikizapo zina mwa zolinga.
ESGC idakhazikitsidwa mu Disembala 2020. Cholinga cha vutoli ndikuchepetsa mtengo wosungira mphamvu womwe umagwiritsidwa ntchito nthawi yayitali ndi 90% pakati pa 2020 ndi 2030, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti ndalama zamagetsi zitsike kufika pa $0.05/kWh. Cholinga chake ndikuchepetsa mtengo wopangira batire ya EV ya makilomita 300 ndi 44% panthawiyi, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti mtengo wake utsike kufika pa $80/kWh.
Ndalama zochokera ku ESGC zagwiritsidwa ntchito pothandizira mapulojekiti angapo osungira mphamvu, kuphatikizapo "Grid Energy Storage Launchpad" yomwe ikumangidwa ndi Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) ndi ndalama zokwana $75 miliyoni kuchokera ku boma. Ndalama zaposachedwapa zidzapita ku mapulojekiti ofufuza ndi chitukuko omwewo.
ESGC yaperekanso ndalama zokwana $17.9 miliyoni ku makampani anayi, Largo Clean Energy, TreadStone Technologies, OTORO Energy ndi Quino Energy, kuti apange njira zatsopano zofufuzira ndi zopangira zosungira mphamvu.
Kukula kwa makampani osungira mphamvu ku United States
Bungwe la DOE lalengeza mwayi watsopano wopezera ndalama pa Msonkhano wa ESGC ku Atlanta. Bungwe la DOE linanenanso kuti Pacific Northwest National Laboratory ndi Argonne National Laboratory zidzakhala oyang'anira mapulojekiti a ESGC kwa zaka ziwiri zikubwerazi. Ofesi ya Magetsi ya DOE (OE) ndi Ofesi ya DOE ya Kugwira Ntchito Moyenera ndi Mphamvu Yobwezeretsanso ya DOE aliyense apereka ndalama zokwana $300,000 kuti akwaniritse mtengo wa pulogalamu ya ESGC mpaka kumapeto kwa chaka chachuma cha 2024.
Ndalama zatsopanozi zalandiridwa bwino ndi makampani ena apadziko lonse lapansi, ndipo Andrew Green, mkulu wa bungwe la International Zinc Association (IZA), akuti wasangalala ndi nkhaniyi.
“Bungwe la Zinc International Association likukondwera kuona Dipatimenti ya Zamagetsi ku US ikulengeza ndalama zatsopano zosungira mphamvu,” anatero Green, ponena kuti chidwi cha zinc chikukulirakulira ngati gawo la njira zosungira mabatire. Iye anati, “Tikusangalala ndi mwayi womwe mabatire a zinc amabweretsa kumakampani. Tikuyembekezera kugwira ntchito limodzi kuti tithetse mavuto atsopanowa kudzera mu pulogalamu ya zinc batteries.”
Nkhaniyi ikutsatira kuwonjezeka kwakukulu kwa mphamvu yoyika makina osungira mabatire omwe adayikidwa ku United States m'zaka zaposachedwa. Malinga ndi deta yomwe idatulutsidwa ndi US Energy Information Administration, mphamvu yoyika makina osungira mabatire akuluakulu ku United States yawonjezeka kuchoka pa 149.6MW mu 2012 kufika pa 8.8GW mu 2022. Liwiro la kukula likukweranso kwambiri, ndipo makina osungira mphamvu a 4.9GW omwe adayikidwa mu 2022 adawonjezeka pafupifupi kawiri kuposa chaka chatha.
Ndalama zomwe boma la US limapereka kwa makasitomala ake mwina zingathandize kwambiri kukwaniritsa zolinga zake zazikulu zosungira mphamvu, poganizira za kuwonjezera mphamvu zomwe zakhazikitsidwa pa makina osungira mphamvu ku United States komanso kupanga ukadaulo wosungira mphamvu kwa nthawi yayitali. Novembala watha, Dipatimenti ya Zamagetsi ku US idalengeza mwachindunji ndalama zokwana $350 miliyoni zothandizira mapulojekiti osungira mphamvu kwa nthawi yayitali, cholinga chake ndikulimbikitsa zatsopano m'munda uno.
Nthawi yotumizira: Ogasiti-04-2023
