A cewar rahotannin kafofin watsa labarai na ƙasashen waje, Ma'aikatar Makamashi ta Amurka (DOE) tana shirin bai wa masu haɓaka fasahar dalar Amurka miliyan 30 a matsayin abubuwan ƙarfafa gwiwa da kuɗaɗen da za su taimaka wajen tura tsarin adana makamashi, domin tana fatan rage yawan kuɗin da ake kashewa wajen tura tsarin adana makamashi.
Za a raba kudaden, wanda Ofishin Wutar Lantarki na DOE (OE) ke gudanarwa, zuwa asusun dala miliyan 15 kowanne. Ɗaya daga cikin asusun zai tallafawa bincike kan inganta ingancin tsarin adana makamashi na dogon lokaci (LDES), wanda zai iya samar da makamashi na akalla awanni 10. Wani asusun zai samar da kudade ga Shirin Gudanar da Ayyuka na Gaggawa na Ofishin Wutar Lantarki na Amurka (OE), wanda aka tsara don samar da kudaden shiga ga sabbin ayyukan adana makamashi cikin sauri.
A watan Maris na wannan shekarar, shirin ya yi alƙawarin samar da dala miliyan 2 ga dakunan gwaje-gwaje na ƙasa guda shida na Ma'aikatar Makamashi ta Amurka don taimakawa waɗannan cibiyoyin bincike wajen gudanar da bincike, kuma sabon tallafin dala miliyan 15 zai iya taimakawa wajen hanzarta bincike kan tsarin adana makamashin batir.
Sauran rabin tallafin DOE zai tallafa wa wasu tsarin adana makamashi waɗanda ke cikin matakan farko na bincike da haɓakawa, kuma waɗanda ba su shirya don aiwatar da kasuwanci ba tukuna.
Haɓaka tsarin adana makamashi
Gene Rodrigues, Mataimakin Sakataren Wutar Lantarki a Ma'aikatar Makamashi ta Amurka, ya ce: "Samun waɗannan kuɗaɗen zai hanzarta tura tsarin adana makamashi a nan gaba da kuma samar da mafita masu araha don biyan buƙatun wutar lantarki na abokan ciniki. Wannan sakamakon aiki tuƙuru ne da masana'antar adana makamashi ke yi." , masana'antar tana kan gaba wajen haɓaka haɓaka adana makamashi na zamani na dogon lokaci.
Duk da cewa Ma'aikatar Makamashi ta Amurka ba ta sanar da waɗanne masu haɓakawa ko ayyukan adana makamashi za su sami tallafin ba, shirye-shiryen za su yi aiki don cimma burin 2030 da Babban Kalubalen Ajiye Makamashi (ESGC) ya tsara, wanda ya haɗa da wasu Manufa.
An ƙaddamar da ESGC a watan Disamba na 2020. Manufar ƙalubalen ita ce rage farashin ajiyar makamashi don tsarin adana makamashi na dogon lokaci da kashi 90% tsakanin 2020 da 2030, wanda hakan ya rage farashin wutar lantarki zuwa $0.05/kWh. Manufarta ita ce rage farashin samar da batirin EV mai nisan kilomita 300 da kashi 44% a tsawon wannan lokacin, wanda hakan zai rage farashinsa zuwa $80/kWh.
An yi amfani da kuɗaɗen da aka samu daga ESGC don tallafawa wasu ayyukan adana makamashi, ciki har da "Grid Energy Storage Launchpad" da Dakin Gwaji na Ƙasa na Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) ke ginawa tare da tallafin gwamnati na dala miliyan 75. Sabon zagayen kuɗaɗen zai tafi ne don irin waɗannan manyan ayyukan bincike da ci gaba.
ESGC ta kuma yi alkawarin dala miliyan 17.9 ga kamfanoni hudu, Largo Clean Energy, TreadStone Technologies, OTORO Energy da Quino Energy, don haɓaka sabbin hanyoyin bincike da ƙera makamashi don adana makamashi.
Yanayin ci gaban masana'antar adana makamashi a Amurka
Hukumar DOE ta sanar da waɗannan sabbin damarmakin samun kuɗi a taron ESGC da aka gudanar a Atlanta. Hukumar DOE ta kuma lura cewa Dakin gwaje-gwaje na Ƙasa na Pacific Northwest da Dakin gwaje-gwaje na Ƙasa na Argonne za su yi aiki a matsayin masu tsara ayyukan ESGC na tsawon shekaru biyu masu zuwa. Ofishin Wutar Lantarki na DOE (OE) da Ofishin Inganta Makamashi da Sabunta Makamashi na DOE kowannensu zai samar da dala $300,000 don biyan kuɗin shirin ESGC har zuwa ƙarshen shekarar kuɗi ta 2024.
Sabbin kuɗaɗen sun samu karbuwa sosai daga sassan masana'antar kayayyaki ta duniya, inda Andrew Green, babban darektan ƙungiyar Zinc ta duniya (IZA), ya yi iƙirarin cewa ya yi farin ciki da wannan labari.
"Ƙungiyar Zinc ta Duniya tana farin cikin ganin Ma'aikatar Makamashi ta Amurka ta sanar da sabbin sabbin jari a fannin adana makamashi," in ji Green, yana mai lura da karuwar sha'awar zinc a matsayin wani ɓangare na tsarin adana batirin. Ya ce, "Muna matukar farin ciki da damar da batirin zinc ke kawowa ga masana'antar. Muna fatan yin aiki tare don magance waɗannan sabbin shirye-shirye ta hanyar shirin batirin zinc."
Labarin ya biyo bayan karuwar karfin da aka sanya wa tsarin adana batir da aka tura a Amurka a cikin 'yan shekarun nan. A cewar bayanai da Hukumar Ba da Bayani kan Makamashi ta Amurka ta fitar, jimillar karfin da aka sanya wa manyan tsarin adana batir a Amurka ya karu daga 149.6MW a shekarar 2012 zuwa 8.8GW a shekarar 2022. Saurin ci gaban shi ma yana karuwa sosai, inda aka tura tsarin adana batir 4.9GW a shekarar 2022 kusan ninki biyu idan aka kwatanta da shekarar da ta gabata.
Tallafin gwamnatin Amurka zai iya zama muhimmi wajen cimma burinta na adana makamashi mai girma, ta fuskar ƙara ƙarfin tsarin adana makamashi a Amurka da kuma haɓaka fasahar adana makamashi mai ɗorewa. A watan Nuwamban da ya gabata, Ma'aikatar Makamashi ta Amurka ta sanar da takamaiman dala miliyan 350 don ayyukan adana makamashi na dogon lokaci, da nufin ƙarfafa kirkire-kirkire a wannan fanni.
Lokacin Saƙo: Agusta-04-2023
