Ngelishwa, isithuba esingaphezu kwenyanga sele kudlule iNkanyamba uMaria, eyatshabalalisa uninzi lwazo iPuerto Rico, esishiya isiqithi sivaliwe kwaye singenambane. Engaphezulu kwe I-85% yothungelwano lombane iye yachaphazeleka, nto leyo ethe yanefuthe elibi kwiinkonzo ezingundoqo ezifana nezibhedlele kunye namaziko ezempilo. Kwiiveki zokuqala, ukubonelela ngombane yayiliphupha nje kuninzi lwabemi.
U-Elon Musk, i-CEO ye tesla, wacela ukunceda iPuerto Rico yakha kwakhona igridi yakho yombane ngokusebenzisa itekhnoloji yamandla elanga. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, uTesla uqalise ukuzalisekisa isithembiso sakhe ngokufaka inkqubo yamandla elanga kwisibhedlele sasePuerto Rico njengenyathelo lokuqala ekuzibopheleleni kwexesha elide kwisiqithi.
Ukufakelwa kweephaneli zesola kwisibhedlele sabantwana
UTesla ufake iprojekthi yakhe yokuqala yelanga kwiSibhedlele saBantwana, esikwidolophu yase San Juan, IPuerto Rico. Le nkqubo ibandakanya uthungelwano lwe iipaneli zelanga kunye neebhetri I-Powerwall, ekwaziyo ukuvelisa nokugcina amandla aneleyo okuqhuba isibhedlele sonke. Ufakelo lwagqitywa kwisithuba esingaphantsi kweveki.
Inkqubo efakwe esibhedlele ijolise ekuboneleleni amandla azinzileyo kwaye azinzileyo kumagumbi otyando, iilebhu nezinye iindawo ezibalulekileyo esibhedlele. Ngokwenkampani, iiphaneli zelanga zinokuvelisa umbane omalunga nama-200 kWh, ngelixa iibhetri zePowerwall zivumela ukuya kuthi ga kwi-600 kWh ukuba igcinwe, nto leyo eyaneleyo ukugcina isibhedlele sisebenza nokuba sebusuku.
“Esi sesokuqala kofakelo lwelanga ePuerto Rico nakuyo yonke iMelika,” utshilo uTesla ngeakhawunti yakhe ye-Twitter esemthethweni.
Irhuluneli yasePuerto Rico, URicardo Rosselló, wabulela uTesla noMusk ngokukhetha iSibhedlele saBantwana njengendawo yokuqala yofakelo lwabo lwelanga. Ngamazwi kaRosselló: "Ngaphandle kwala mandla, abantwana abaninzi abasesichengeni abanakukwazi ukufumana unyango lwabo".
Impembelelo kwinkqubo yezempilo
Impembelelo entle yolu fakelo ayilona nje ubuchwepheshe, kodwa nabantu. Ngaphambi kokuphunyezwa kweTesla, imifanekiso evela ePuerto Rico ibonakalise iimeko ezinobungozi kwizibhedlele. Kwelinye lawona matyala anemifuziselo, oogqirha banyanzeleka ukuba benze utyando besebenzisa i ukukhanya kwiiselfowuni zabo ngenxa yokungabikho kombane. Lo mbhodamo ubangele inkxalabo kumazwe ngamazwe kunye nekhwelo lokuba kuthathwe amanyathelo akhawulezileyo.
Isibhedlele, esincedayo abantwana abakhubazekileyo ngokwasemzimbeni nasengqondweni, ngumzekelo wendlela i-solar microgrids ingaba sisisombululo kwiziqithi ezichaphazelekayo kwiintlekele zendalo. Ngokutsho kwabalawuli bezibhedlele, inkqubo yelanga ayigcinanga nje ukubuyisela umbane, kodwa yabanika ukuzimela okukhulu ekucinyweni kombane kwixesha elizayo.
"Inkqubo yelanga kwiSibhedlele i-del Niño ingaba ngumzekelo omtsha wendlela yokunceda amaziko karhulumente kunye nabucala ukunciphisa imiphumo yeentlekele zendalo ngokusebenzisa amandla avuselelweyo," wongezelela uRosselló.
Inyathelo lezinye iinkampani zeteknoloji
Ezinye iinkampani ezinkulu zeteknoloji, ezifana Uphando y AT & T, baye badibanisa imikhosi ukubuyisela uxhumano kwisiqithi. UGoogle, ngeprojekthi yakhe Iprojekthi Loon, uye wasebenzisa iibhaluni zomoya oshushu eziqhagamshelwe kwinethiwekhi ye-AT&T ukubonelela nge-LTE kwiindawo ezingenayo i-intanethi. Intsebenziswano yabo ivumele ngaphezulu kwe-60% yabemi ukuba baphinde bafumane uqhagamshelo lwabo lwe-intanethi, nto leyo ibibalulekile kwiinzame zokubuyisela.
Nangona uTesla ekhokele indlela yokwakhiwa kwakhona kombane, kusekho into eninzi ekufuneka yenziwe ukubuyisela ukufikelela kumbane kwizigidi zabantu abasenawo amandla ePuerto Rico. Ii-solar microgrid ezifana nezo zikwiSibhedlele saBantwana zibonakalise ukukwazi kwazo ukunika izisombululo ezikhawulezayo nezisebenzayo, kodwa umngeni wokubuyisela zonke iziseko zophuhliso mkhulu kakhulu.
Ukwandiswa kweeprojekthi zelanga zeTesla
Ukongeza kwinkqubo yayo yePowerwall, iTesla inenguqulelo yayo enkulu: i I-Powerpack, evumela ukuba i-kWh eyaneleyo igcinwe ukugubungela yonke imimandla yasezidolophini. Enyanisweni, uTesla sele ephumeze ezi nkqubo kwiindawo ezifana IHawaii nakwiziqithi ezikude ze Samoa, ebonisa ukuba isisombululo asikho nje kuphela iteknoloji, kodwa kunye nezoqoqosho.
Imeko yasePuerto Rico imele umceli mngeni omkhulu, kuba sisiqithi esineziseko zophuhliso ezonakalisiweyo kunye nabemi abaphezulu kakhulu kunezinye iziqithi apho obu buchwepheshe sele buphunyeziwe. Nangona kunjalo, intsebenziswano phakathi kukaTesla kunye norhulumente wasePuerto Rican wenze esi sisombululo sibe yinyani ngexesha lokurekhoda.
Kwixesha elizayo, bobabini uTesla kunye norhulumente wasePuerto Rican baye baqaphela ukuba le yinto yokuqala yeeprojekthi ezininzi ze-microgrid. Injongo yokugqibela kukufezekisa ukuzimela kwamandla kwizibhedlele, amaziko ezempilo kunye neendawo eziphambili zesiqithi.
Ngamafutshane, ukufakwa kweTesla kwiSibhedlele saBantwana akuwona nje umzekelo wendlela iteknoloji enokusindisa ngayo ubomi ngamaxesha obunzima, kodwa kunye nomzekelo onokuthi usetyenziswe kwezinye iindawo ezichaphazelekayo kwiintlekele zendalo. Impendulo ekhawulezayo evela kuMusk kunye noTesla, kunye nokuzibophezela korhulumente wasePuerto Rican, kubonisa indlela yokubuyisela kunye nekamva lamandla avuselelweyo kwisiqithi.