Amagridi ahlakaniphile alolonga ikusasa lamagridi kagesi

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Amagridi ahlakaniphile alolonga ikusasa lamagridi kagesi

Amagridi ahlakaniphile alolonga ikusasa lamagridi kagesi

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Amagridi ahlakaniphile asebenzisa ubuchwepheshe obusha obulawula kahle futhi buvumelane nezinguquko ezisheshayo ezidingweni zikagesi.
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    Ugesi ubalulekile ekunakekeleni nasekuthuthukiseni impilo yesimanje. Njengoba ubuchwepheshe bedijithali buthuthuka kancane kancane, ithuba lokuthi igridi kagesi yase-US ibe igridi kagesi ehlakaniphile liba likhulu. Igridi ehlakaniphile ihlanganisa ubuchwepheshe obusebenzisa ukuxhumana kwezindlela ezimbili, isebenzisa amasistimu okulawula, nokucubungula ikhompuyutha ukuze kunikwe amandla igridi kagesi esebenza ngempumelelo, ethembekile, futhi eyongayo. 

    Njengoba igridi kagesi yase-US inikezela ngamandla kubantu abayizigidi ezingama-350, ukuthuthukela kumagridi ahlakaniphile ezweni lonke kungaholela ekuzuzweni kwangempela kwezomnotho nezenhlalo. Imizamo enjalo ingase futhi yamukelwe emazweni asathuthuka angathembele kakhulu kungqalasizinda yamandla eyifa. 

    Ingqikithi yamagridi ahlakaniphile

    Ngokusebenza kwawo okuthuthukisiwe nokuqina, amagridi ahlakaniphile azolungela kangcono ukubhekana nezimo eziphuthumayo, njengeziphepho nokuzamazama komhlaba, futhi avumele ukushintshwa okuzenzakalelayo kwamandla uma kwenzeka kuba nokuphazamiseka kwamandla kunoma iyiphi indawo.

    Ngo-2007, i-US Congress yaphasisa uMthetho Wokuzimela Kwamandla Nezokuphepha ka-2007 (EIDA). Isihloko se-XIII soMthetho sihlinzeka ikakhulukazi ngokusekela ngokomthetho uMnyango Wezamandla (i-DOE) njengoba uhlose ukwenza igridi kagesi yase-US ibe yisimanjemanje ukuze ibe igridi ehlakaniphile, ngaphezu kweminye imizamo yokuthuthukisa igridi kazwelonke. 

    Ngokufanayo, iCanada yethula uhlelo lwayo Lokuvuselela Okuvuselelwe Kagesi kanye Nezindlela Zokufaka Ugesi (SREPs) ngo-2021 ngoxhaso oluphelele lwemali engaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-CAD $960 eminyakeni emine ezayo. Uhlelo lwe-SREP lusekela amaphrojekthi agxile ekwenzeni imisebenzi yesistimu kagesi ibe yesimanje kanye nokuletha ubuchwepheshe bamandla ahlanzekile.  

    Umthelela ophazamisayo

    Enye yezinzuzo eziyinhloko zokwamukela uhlelo lwegridi ehlakaniphile ukuletha ugesi ohlanzekile futhi othembeke kakhudlwana ongamelana nokucisha ugesi nokunye ukuphazamiseka. Ukucisha kungaholela kumthelela we-domino emazweni angathinta kakhulu ezokuxhumana, amasistimu amabhange, ukuphepha, nethrafikhi, izingozi ezimelela usongo oluphakeme kakhulu phakathi nobusika.

    Amagridi ahlakaniphile anganciphisa ukucisha ugesi njengoba ubuchwepheshe bawo buzobona futhi buhlukanise ukucisha, buqukethe ngaphambi kokuba buholele ekucimeni kukagesi okukhulu. Lawa magridi athola amandla kagesi ngokushesha futhi asebenzise ithuba elikhulu lamajeneretha aphethwe ngamakhasimende namandla avuselelekayo ukukhiqiza amandla lapho izinsiza zingatholakali. Ngokuhlanganisa lezi zinsiza, imiphakathi ingagcina iminyango yayo yamaphoyisa, izikhungo zezempilo, izinhlelo zezingcingo, nezitolo zegrosa zisebenza ngesikhathi sezimo eziphuthumayo. 

    Amagridi ahlakaniphile aphinde avumele abathengi ukuthi benze ukonga okwengeziwe ngokufaka amamitha ahlakaniphile. Lawa mamitha anikeza amanani entengo yesikhathi sangempela kanye nekhono lokubona ukuthi ungakanani ugesi osetshenziswayo nokuthi kwenziwa nini izinqumo ezihlakaniphile zokuthenga nokusebenzisa. Lawa magridi avumela futhi ukuhlanganiswa okulula kwezindawo zokuhlala zelanga namabhethri angaba nomthelela kumagridi kagesi ahlukaniselwe indawo.

    Imithelela yamagridi ahlakaniphile 

    Imithelela ebanzi yamagridi ahlakaniphile ingase ihlanganise:

    • Ukuzuza ukusebenzisana okukhulu ngokuxhumanisa izingxenye, amadivayisi, izinhlelo zokusebenza, namasistimu ndawonye ukuze kuhwetshwe idatha ngokuphephile.
    • Ukukhuthazela okukhulu kokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu ezweni lonke njengoba imiphakathi ingasebenzisa imithombo yamandla ehlukaniswe ngezikhathi zezimo eziphuthumayo. 
    • Ukugqugquzela ukusungulwa okusha ngaphakathi komkhakha wezamandla njengoba amagridi ahlakaniphile anganciphisa izindleko futhi avumele ukuqaliswa komkhakha wamandla amasha ukuthi agxile ekuthuthukiseni izinto ezintsha ezingaqinisa futhi zakhe phezu kwamagridi ahlakaniphile endawo.

    Imibuzo ongaphawula ngayo

    • Ucabanga ukuthi amagridi ahlakaniphile azobathinta kanjani abathengi banamuhla kakhulu?
    • Ucabanga ukuthi amagridi kagesi ahlakaniphile azobona nini ukutholwa okusabalele embonini yamandla?

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