Abantu abayizigidi ezingamakhulu ayisithupha e-Afrika baphila ngaphandle kokufinyelela ugesi, cishe amaphesenti angama-48 abantu. Umthelela ohlangene wobhubhane lwe-COVID-19 kanye nenkinga yamandla yamazwe ngamazwe kuye kwenza buthaka kakhulu amandla okuhlinzeka ngamandla e-Afrika. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, i-Afrika iyizwekazi lesibili elinabantu abaningi emhlabeni kanye nezwekazi elikhula ngokushesha. Ngo-2050, izoba yikhaya labantu abangaphezu kwengxenye yesine yabantu emhlabeni. Kulindeleke ukuthi i-Afrika izobhekana nengcindezi ekhulayo yokuthuthukisa nokusebenzisa izinsiza zamandla.
Kodwa ngesikhathi esifanayo, i-Afrika inamaphesenti angama-60 emithombo yamandla elanga emhlabeni wonke, kanye namanye amandla amaningi avuselelekayo njengomoya, amandla okushisa komhlaba kanye namanzi, okwenza i-Afrika ibe yindawo yokugcina eshisayo emhlabeni lapho amandla avuselelekayo engakathuthukiswa khona ngezinga elikhulu. Ukusiza i-Afrika ukuthuthukisa le mithombo yamandla aluhlaza ukuze kuzuze abantu base-Afrika kungenye yemisebenzi yezinkampani zaseShayina e-Afrika, futhi zibonakalise ukuzibophezela kwazo ngezenzo eziqondile.
Umcimbi wokuqala wabanjelwa e-Abuja ngomhlaka-13 Septhemba wesigaba sesibili sephrojekthi yezibani zezimpawu zethrafikhi ezisebenzisa amandla elanga ezisetshenziswa yiShayina eNigeria. Ngokusho kwemibiko, iphrojekthi yezibani zethrafikhi yelanga yase-Abuja esetshenziswa yiShayina ihlukaniswe izigaba ezimbili. Isigaba sokuqala sale phrojekthi sakhe izibani zethrafikhi zelanga ezindaweni ezingu-74 zokuhlangana. Le phrojekthi ibilokhu isebenza kahle selokhu yanikezwa ngoSepthemba 2015. Ngo-2021, iShayina neNepal basayina isivumelwano sokubambisana sesigaba sesibili sale phrojekthi, esihlose ukwakha izibani zethrafikhi ezisebenzisa amandla elanga ezindaweni ezingu-98 ezisele esifundeni senhloko-dolobha nokwenza zonke izindawo zokuhlangana esifundeni senhloko-dolobha zingabi namuntu. Manje iShayina isigcwalise isithembiso sayo eNigeria ngokuletha ukukhanya kwamandla elanga emigwaqweni yenhloko-dolobha yase-Abuja.
Nakuba i-Afrika inama-60% emithombo yamandla elanga emhlabeni, ine-1% kuphela yezindawo zokuphehla ugesi ze-photovoltaic emhlabeni. Lokhu kukhombisa ukuthi intuthuko yamandla avuselelekayo, ikakhulukazi amandla elanga, e-Afrika inamathuba amahle kakhulu. Ngokusho koMbiko Wesimo Somhlaba Wonke Wamandla Avuselelekayo ka-2022 okhishwe yi-United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), i-off-gridimikhiqizo yelangaIthengiswe e-Afrika yafinyelela amayunithi ayizigidi ezingu-7.4 ngo-2021, okwenza kwaba yimakethe enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni, naphezu komthelela wobhubhane lwe-COVID-19. I-East Africa yahola phambili ngamayunithi ayizigidi ezingu-4 athengisiwe; iKenya yayiyisitolo esikhulu kunazo zonke esifundeni, ngamayunithi ayizigidi ezingu-1.7 athengisiwe; i-Ethiopia ibekwe endaweni yesibili, ithengisa amayunithi angu-439,000. I-Central ne-Southern Africa ibone ukukhula okuphawulekayo, lapho ukuthengisa eZambia kukhuphuke ngamaphesenti angu-77 ngonyaka, iRwanda ikhuphuke ngamaphesenti angu-30 kanti iTanzania ikhuphuke ngamaphesenti angu-9. I-West Africa, enamayunithi ayisigidi angu-1 athengisiwe, incane kakhulu. Engxenyeni yokuqala yalo nyaka, i-Afrika ingenise amamojula e-PV aseShayina angu-1.6GW, akhuphuke ngo-41% unyaka nonyaka.
Okuhlukahlukeneimikhiqizo ye-photovoltaicImikhiqizo esungulwe yiShayina ukuze isetshenziswe ngabantu basemakhaya yamukelwa kahle ngabantu base-Afrika. EKenya, ibhayisikili elisebenzisa amandla elanga elingasetshenziswa ukuthutha nokuthengisa izimpahla emgwaqweni liya ngokuya lithandwa; Izikhwama zelanga nezambulela ziyathandwa emakethe yaseNingizimu Afrika. Le mikhiqizo ingasetshenziswa ukushaja nokukhanyisa ngaphezu kokusetshenziswa kwayo, okwenza ifaneleke kakhulu endaweni kanye nemakethe yendawo.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Novemba-04-2022