Izimvume zokuthuthuka zinikiwe kusistimu enkulu kakhulu yokulondoloza amandla ebhethri ehleliwe yaseNew Zealand (BESS) kuze kube manje.

Iphrojekthi yokugcina ibhethri engu-100MW isathuthukiswa ngokuphehla ugesi kanye nomdayisi i-Meridian Energy e-Ruākākā e-North Island yaseNew Zealand.Le ndawo iseduze ne-Marsden Point, indawo yokuhluza uwoyela phambilini.

UMeridian uthe ngesonto eledlule (3 Novemba) ukuthi uthole imvume yezinsiza kulo msebenzi kuMkhandlu Wesifunda WaseWhangārei kanye neziphathimandla zoMkhandlu Wesifunda saseNorthland.Kuphawula isigaba sokuqala se-Ruākākā Energy Park, kanti i-Meridian inethemba lokuthi izokwakha imboni ye-solar PV engu-125MW esizeni kamuva.

I-Meridian ihlose ukuthi i-BESS isebenze ngonyaka wezi-2024. Inhloko yenkampani yentuthuko evuselelekayo u-Helen Knott uthe usizo ezolunikeza ugesi luzonciphisa ukuntengantenga kokuhlinzekwa kwezidingo kanye nesidingo, futhi ngenxa yalokho kube negalelo ekwehliseni amanani kagesi.

“Silubonile uhlelo lwethu lukagesi luba nenkinga ngezikhathi ezithile ngenxa yezinkinga zokuhlinzekwa kukagesi okuholele ekutheni amanani entengo antengantenge.Ukugcinwa kwebhethri kuzosiza ukwehlisa le micimbi ngokwenza kahle ukusatshalaliswa kokuhlinzekwa kanye nesidingo,” kusho uKnott.

Uhlelo luzoshaja ngamandla ashibhile ngamahora okungasebenzi kakhulu bese liwathumela emuva kugridi ngezikhathi lapho kudingeka kakhulu.Kuzokwenza futhi amandla amaningi akhiqizwa eSouth Island yaseNew Zealand ukuthi asetshenziswe enyakatho.

Ekusizeni ukwandisa ukusetshenziswa kwamandla avuselelekayo, lesi sikhungo singakwazi futhi ukunika amandla ukuhoxa kwemithombo kaphethiloli eNyakatho Island, kusho u-Knott.

Njengoba kubikwe nguAmandla-Isitoreji.newsngoMashi, iphrojekthi enkulu kunazo zonke yaseNew Zealand eyamenyezelwa esidlangalaleni iwuhlelo lwama-35MW okwamanje olwakhiwa yinkampani yokusabalalisa ugesi i-WEL Networks kanye nonjiniyela i-Infratec.

Futhi eSiqhingini saseNyakatho, lowo msebenzi usuzophela osukwini okulindeleke ukuba uphothulwe ngalo ngoZibandlela walo nyaka, ngobuchwepheshe be-BESS obuhlinzekwa yi-Saft kanye nezinhlelo zokuguqula amandla (PCS) yi-Power Electronics NZ.

Uhlelo lokuqala lwezwe lokugcina amabhethri esikalini se-megawatt kucatshangwa ukuthi kwakuyiphrojekthi engu-1MW/2.3MWh eyaqedwa ngo-2016 kusetshenziswa i-Tesla Powerpack, okuwukuphindaphinda kokuqala kukaTesla kwesixazululo se-BESS yezimboni nesegridi.Kodwa-ke i-BESS yokuqala ukuxhunywa kugridi yamandla kagesi aphezulu eNew Zealand yeza eminyakeni emibili ngemuva kwalokho.