Kuye kwavunyelwana ngophuhliso lwenkqubo yokugcina amandla ebhetri (BESS) enkulu ecwangcisiweyo eNew Zealand ukuza kuthi ga ngoku.

Iprojekthi yokugcina iibhetri ze-100MW iphuhliswa ngumvelisi wombane kunye nomthengisi weMeridian Energy eRuākākā kwiNorth Island yaseNew Zealand. Le ndawo ikufutshane neMarsden Point, indawo eyayisakuba yindawo yokuhluza ioyile.

UMeridian uthe kwiveki ephelileyo (3 Novemba) ukuba ufumene imvume yokusebenzisa le projekthi kwiBhunga leSithili saseWhangārei kunye nabasemagunyeni beBhunga leSithili saseNorthland. Iphawula inqanaba lokuqala leRuākākā Energy Park, kwaye iMeridian inethemba lokwakha isityalo se-125MW sombane welanga kwindawo leyo kamva.

IMeridian ijonge ukuba iBESS iqalise ukusebenza ngo-2024. Intloko yophuhliso oluhlaziyekayo lwenkampani uHelen Knott uthe uncedo eza kulunika igridi luya kunciphisa ukuguquguquka kobonelelo kunye nemfuno, kwaye ke ngoko lunegalelo ekwehliseni amaxabiso ombane.

“Sibone inkqubo yethu yombane iphantsi koxinzelelo ngamanye amaxesha ngenxa yeengxaki zobonelelo ezikhokelele ekungazinzini kwamaxabiso. Ukugcinwa kwebhetri kuya kunceda ukunciphisa ezi ziganeko ngokulungelelanisa ukusasazwa kobonelelo kunye nemfuno,” utshilo uKnott.

Le nkqubo iza kutshaja amandla angabizi kakhulu ngexesha elingengomsebenzi omkhulu ize iwabuyisele kwigridi ngamaxesha apho imfuno inkulu khona. Iya kuvumela ukuba umbane omninzi oveliswa kwiSouth Island yaseNew Zealand usetyenziswe emantla.

UKnott uthe ekuncedeni ukwandisa ukusetyenziswa kwamandla avuselelekayo, esi sakhiwo sinokwenza ukuba imithombo yamafutha efosili irhoxiswe kwiNorth Island.

Njengoko kuxeliwe nguIindaba ze-Energy-Storage.NgoMatshi, eyona projekthi inkulu yokugcina iibhetri eNew Zealand eyabhengezwa esidlangalaleni yinkqubo ye-35MW esakhiwayo ngoku yinkampani yokuhambisa umbane iWEL Networks kunye nomphuhlisi we-Infratec.

Kwakhona kwiNorth Island, loo projekthi isondela kumhla wokugqitywa kwayo okulindelekileyo ngoDisemba kulo nyaka, ngetekhnoloji yeBESS ebonelelwe yiSaft kunye neenkqubo zokuguqula umbane (PCS) yiPower Electronics NZ.

Inkqubo yokugcina iibhetri yokuqala yeli lizwe ene-megawatts kucingelwa ukuba yayiyiprojekthi ye-1MW/2.3MWh eyagqitywa ngo-2016 kusetyenziswa iTesla Powerpack, ukuphindaphinda kokuqala kweTesla kwesisombululo se-BESS semizi-mveliso kunye ne-grid. Nangona kunjalo, iBESS yokuqala ukuqhagamshelwa kwigridi yokudlulisa umbane ene-high-voltage eNew Zealand yeza emva kweminyaka emibini.