Amazwe akuMphakathi Wezomnotho Wamazwe AseNtshonalanga Afrika (i-ECOWAS) azonweba ukufinyelela kugesi wegridi kubantu abangaphezu kwesigidi esisodwa, aqinise ukuqina kwesistimu kagesi kwabanye abantu abayizigidi ezi-3.5, futhi andise ukuhlanganiswa kwamandla avuselelekayo e-West Africa Power Pool (WAPP).Uhlelo olusha lwe-Regional Electricity Access and Battery-Energy Storage Technologies (BEST) - olugunyazwe yiQembu Lebhange Lomhlaba ngesamba sesamba esingu-$465 million- luzokwandisa ukuxhunywa kwamagridi ezindaweni ezibuthakathaka zeSahel, kwakhiwe amandla e-ECOWAS Regional Electricity Regulatory. Igunya (ERA), futhi iqinise ukusebenza kwenethiwekhi ye-WAPP nengqalasizinda yobuchwepheshe bokugcina amandla ebhethri.Lesi isinyathelo sokuqala esenza indlela yokwanda kokukhiqizwa kwamandla avuselelekayo, ukudluliswa, kanye nokutshalwa kwezimali esifundeni sonke.
INtshonalanga Afrika iphezu kwemakethe kagesi yesifunda ethembisa izinzuzo ezibalulekile zentuthuko kanye namandla okubamba iqhaza kwemboni ezimele.Ukuletha ugesi ezindlini nasemabhizinisini engeziwe, ukwenza ngcono ukwethembeka, kanye nokusebenzisa imithombo yamandla avuselelekayo yesifunda—imini noma ebusuku—kuzosiza ukusheshisa uguquko lwezomnotho nezenhlalakahle lwaseNtshonalanga Afrika.
Kule minyaka eyishumi edlule, iBhange Lomhlaba lixhase ngezimali utshalomali olucela ku-$2.3 wezigidigidi kwingqalasizinda kanye nezinguquko ezisekela i-WAPP, okubhekwa njengokhiye wokufinyelela kugesi emhlabeni wonke ngo-2030 emazweni ayi-15 e-ECOWAS.Le phrojekthi entsha yakhela phezu kwenqubekelaphambili futhi izoxhasa ngezimali imisebenzi yomphakathi ukuze kusheshiswe ukufinyelela eMauritania, eNiger naseSenegal.
E-Mauritania, ukufakwa kukagesi ezindaweni zasemakhaya kuzonwetshwa ngokugxiliswa kwegridi yeziteshi ezikhona, okuzokwenza ukuthi kufakwe ugesi e-Boghe, Kaedi kanye ne-Selibaby, kanye nezigodi ezingomakhelwane ezisemngceleni oseNingizimu ne-Senegal.Imiphakathi esezifundeni zoMfula i-Niger's kanye naseMpumalanga Ephakathi ehlala eduze ne-Niger-Nigeria interconnector nayo izothola ukufinyelela kugridi, kanjalo nemiphakathi eseduze kweziteshi ezincane endaweni yaseCasamance, e-Senegal.Izindleko zokuxhuma zizoxhaswa kancane, okuzosiza ukugcina izindleko ziphansi kubantu abalinganiselwa esigidini esi-1 okulindeleke ukuthi bahlomule.
E-Côte d'Ivoire, e-Niger, futhi ekugcineni ne-Mali, iphrojekthi izoxhasa ngezimali okokusebenza KAHLE ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukuzinza kwenethiwekhi kagesi yesifunda ngokwandisa indawo yokugcina amandla kulawa mazwe kanye nokwenza lula ukuhlanganiswa kwamandla aguquguqukayo avuselelekayo.Ubuchwepheshe bokugcina amandla ebhethri buzokwenza abaqhubi be-WAPP bakwazi ukugcina amandla avuselelekayo akhiqizwa ngamahora angewona aphakeme futhi bawathumele ngesikhathi sokudingeka kakhulu, esikhundleni sokuthembela kubuchwepheshe bokukhiqiza obudla kakhulu ikhabhoni lapho isidingo siphezulu, ilanga lingakhanyi, noma umoya awuvunguzi.Kulindeleke ukuthi i-BEST iqhubekisele phambili nokugqugquzela ukubamba iqhaza kwezinkampani ezizimele esifundeni ngokweseka imakethe yamandla avuselelekayo, njengoba umthamo wokugcina amandla ebhethri afakwe ngaphansi kwale phrojekthi uzokwazi ukumumatha u-793 MW wamandla amasha elanga i-WAPP ewuhlelayo. ukuthuthukisa emazweni amathathu.
IBhange LomhlabaInhlangano Yokuthuthukiswa Kwamazwe Ngamazwe (IDA), eyasungulwa ngo-1960, isiza amazwe ampofu kakhulu emhlabeni ngokuwanikeza izibonelelo kanye nezimalimboleko ezibolekisayo ezingenayo inzalo ephansi kumaphrojekthi nezinhlelo ezithuthukisa ukukhula komnotho, ezinciphisa ubumpofu, futhi zithuthukise ukuphila kwabantu abampofu.I-IDA ingeminye yemithombo emikhulu yosizo emazweni angama-76 ampofu kakhulu, angama-39 kuwo ase-Afrika.Izinsiza ezivela ku-IDA ziletha ushintsho oluhle kubantu abayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-1.5 abahlala emazweni e-IDA.Kusukela ngo-1960, i-IDA isekele umsebenzi wokuthuthukisa emazweni ayi-113.Izibopho zonyaka zenze isilinganiso esilinganiselwa ku-$18 billion kule minyaka emithathu edlule, kanti cishe amaphesenti angama-54 aya e-Afrika.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Jul-21-2021