Ingabe ukwethulwa kwemakethe yamandla kuzosiza ukusekela ukuthunyelwa kwezinhlelo zokugcina amandla ezidingekayo ukuze i-Australia ishintshele kumandla avuselelekayo? Lokhu kubonakala kuwumbono wabanye abathuthukisi bephrojekthi yokugcinwa kwamandla e-Australia abafuna imithombo emisha yemali engenayo edingekayo ukuze kwenziwe ukugcinwa kwamandla kusebenze njengoba imakethe yangaphambilini enenzuzo enkulu yokulawula i-frequency ancillary services (FCAS) ifinyelela ekugcwalisweni kwayo.
Ukwethulwa kwezimakethe zamandla kuzokhokha izinsiza zokukhiqiza ezithunyelwayo ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi amandla azo ayatholakala uma kwenzeka ukukhiqizwa okunganele, futhi zenzelwe ukuqinisekisa ukuthi kunomthamo owanele ongathunyelwa emakethe.
I-Australian Energy Security Commission icubungula ngenkuthalo ukwethulwa kwendlela yamandla njengengxenye yokuhlelwa kabusha okuhlongozwayo kwangemva kuka-2025 kwemakethe kagesi kazwelonke yase-Australia, kodwa kukhona ukukhathazeka ngokuthi idizayini yemakethe enjalo izogcina kuphela izimboni zamandla kagesi ezisebenza ngamalahle zisebenza ngamandla. uhlelo isikhathi eside. Ngakho-ke indlela yamandla egxile kuphela kumthamo omusha kanye nobuchwepheshe obusha obukhipha i-zero efana nezinhlelo zokugcina amabhethri kanye nokukhiqizwa kukagesi ompontshwa ngamanzi.
Inhloko yezokuthuthukiswa kwephothifoliyo yakwa-Energy Australia, uDaniel Nugent, uthe imakethe yamandla yase-Australia idinga ukuhlinzeka ngezikhuthazo ezengeziwe kanye nemithombo yemali engenayo ukuze kube lula ukwethulwa kwamaphrojekthi amasha okugcina amandla.
"Umnotho wezinhlelo zokugcina amabhethri zisathembele kakhulu emithonjeni yemali engenayo ye-Frequency Controlled Ancillary Services (FCAS), imakethe encane kakhulu engakhukhulwa kalula ukuncintisana," kusho uNugent etshela i-Australian Energy Storage and Battery Conference ngesonto eledlule. .”
Ngakho-ke, sidinga ukutadisha indlela yokusebenzisa amasistimu okugcina amandla ebhethri ngesisekelo somthamo wokugcina amandla kanye nomthamo ofakiwe. Ngakho, ngaphandle kwe-Frequency Control Ancillary Services (FCAS), kuzoba negebe lezomnotho, elingase lidinge ezinye izinhlelo zokulawula noma uhlobo oluthile lwemakethe yamandla ukuze kusekelwe intuthuko entsha. Igebe lezomnotho lokugcinwa kwamandla isikhathi eside liba banzi nakakhulu. Siyabona ukuthi izinqubo zikahulumeni zizobamba iqhaza elibalulekile ekuvaleni leli gebe. “
I-Energy Australia ihlongoza uhlelo lokugcina amabhethri angu-350MW/1400MWh eSigodini saseLatrobe ukusiza ukuvala umthamo olahlekile ngenxa yokuvalwa kwendawo yokuphehla amandla amalahle e-Yallourn ngo-2028.
I-Energy Australia nayo inezinkontileka ne-Ballarat kanye ne-Gannawarra, kanye nesivumelwano nesiteshi samandla esigcina amanzi esipompa i-Kidston.
UNugent waphawula ukuthi uhulumeni we-NSW usekela amaphrojekthi okugcina amandla ngokusebenzisa Isivumelwano Sesikhathi Eside Sezinkonzo Zamandla (i-LTESA), uhlelo olungase lwenziwe kwezinye izifunda ukuze kuvunyelwe amaphrojekthi amasha ukuba athuthukiswe.
“Isivumelwano Sokugcina Amandla SoMbusi we-NSW ngokusobala siyindlela yokusiza ukusekela ukuhlelwa kabusha kwesakhiwo semakethe,” esho. “Umbuso udingida iziphakamiso ezahlukene zezinguquko ezingase zinciphise nokungafani kwemali engenayo, okuhlanganisa nokuhoxiswa kwezimali zegridi, kanye nokwazisa ngezinsizakalo ezintsha ezibalulekile ezifana nosizo lokuminyana kwegridi ukuze kwengezwe imali engaba khona yokugcina ugesi. Ngakho-ke ukwengeza imali eyengeziwe ecaleni lebhizinisi nakho kuzoba ukhiye. ”
OwayenguNdunankulu wase-Australia uMalcolm Turnbull ugqugquzele ukunwetshwa kohlelo lwe-Snowy 2.0 ngesikhathi sakhe futhi njengamanje uyilungu lebhodi le-International Hydropower Association. Izindleko zomthamo zingadingeka ukusekela ukuthuthukiswa kokugcinwa kwamandla isikhathi eside, esho.
U-Turnbull utshele ingqungquthela, “Sizodinga amasistimu okugcina ahlala isikhathi eside. Pho uyikhokhela kanjani? Impendulo esobala iwukukhokhela umthamo. Thola ukuthi ungakanani umthamo wesitoreji owudingayo ezimeni ezihlukene bese uwukhokhela. Ngokusobala, imakethe yamandla e-Australia's National Electricity Market (NEM) ayikwazi ukwenza lokho.”
Isikhathi sokuthumela: May-11-2022
