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I ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hoʻokokoke aku iā ʻApelika Hema i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka uila i ke ao holoʻokoʻa, ua hana nui ʻo Eskom Distribution ma ka hoʻomaka ʻana i kekahi o kāna mau hana ʻenehana microgrid mua ma Swartkopdam, aia ma kahi o 150km mai Upington, ma Northern Cape. Hāʻawi ʻo Microgrids i kahi hopena kūpono, hilinaʻi, a maʻalahi hoʻi e hoʻohana ʻia e electrified i nā wahi paʻakikī i ka ʻāina a paʻakikī paha ke komo a koi ʻia i nā lilo kālā nui. ʻO kēia microgrid ʻokiʻoki ma Swartkopdam ua lawe mai i ka uila i nā ʻohana 39 i nele mua i ka mana, e lanakila ana i nā kaohi o nā ʻupena uila e kū nei ma ia wahi, kahi hiki ʻole ke hoʻonui a hoʻohui.
ʻO ka hoʻokō kūleʻa ʻana o kēia microgrid ma Swartkopdam ma hope o ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ʻelua mau papahana microgrid pilot ma Lynedoch ma Western Cape a me Ficksburg ma ka Mokuʻāina Kūʻokoʻa.
Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Eskom Distribution ʻo Swartkopdam kahi wahi koʻikoʻi e pono ai ka electrification. Ma muli o kona wahi mamao a me ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mea koʻikoʻi i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o ka mākia, ua hoʻoholo ʻo Eskom Research, Testing, and Development (RT&D) i kahi microgrid me ka hiki ke mālama i ka ikehu pākaukau ʻo ia ka hopena kūpono loa. Ua noʻonoʻo ʻia kahi ala maʻamau ʻē aʻe, e pili ana i kahi laina 200km 132kV mai Gordonia substation a me ka hoʻokumu ʻana o Noenieput substation ma Noenieput, i manaʻo ʻia he R250 miliona. Eia naʻe, ua manaʻo ʻia kēia koho i ke kumukūʻai nui loa a no laila ʻaʻole i hahai ʻia.
ʻO ka holomua o ka microgrid ma Swartkopdam ke kū nei ma ke ʻano he hōʻoia o ka manaʻo no ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā microgrids ma nā wahi mamao a paʻakikī hoʻi e hōʻea, e hōʻike ana i kahi ala kūpono i nā ala electrification maʻamau. He manaʻo koʻikoʻi ʻo Eskom e kau ma kahi o 100 microgrids ma ka ʻāina ma Malaki 2024, ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana nui o kāna hoʻolālā ʻoihana Distribution. Ua hōʻike ʻo Monde Bala, ka Distribution Group Executive, i ka hoʻolaʻa ʻana o Eskom i ka pani ʻana i ka ʻilihune o ka ikehu a hāʻawi i kēlā me kēia ʻApelika Hema i kahi ʻike hoʻololi i ke ola o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka uila.
ʻO ka lawe ʻana i nā microgrids e lawe mai i nā pono he nui ma mua o ka electrification. ʻAʻole ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā microgrids, akā hāʻawi nui lākou i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka hoʻokuʻu kalapona i ko lākou hilinaʻi ʻana i nā kumu ikehu hou.
Ma o ka hana hou a me ka launa pū ʻana, ua kūleʻa ʻo Eskom i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka uila maʻemaʻe a hilinaʻi i ka poʻe o Swartkopdam, e like me ka manaʻo o Mpho Makwana, ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka Eskom Board. He mea hōʻoia kēia pāhana i ka manaʻo o Eskom e kākoʻo i ke aupuni o ʻApelika Hema i kāna pahuhopu e hōʻoia i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka uila no nā kamaʻāina āpau.
Eia kekahi, ʻike ʻia ka hoʻokō ʻana o Eskom i ke kuleana pili kaiaulu (CSR) ma o kāna hāʻawi ʻana i ke kaiāulu Swartkopdam. Ma waho aʻe o ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ka microgrid, hāʻawi ʻo Eskom i ʻelua mau pahu kelepona a me nā mea leʻaleʻa i ke kula kiʻekiʻe o Swartkopdam, e hana ana i kahi ʻano aʻo maikaʻi aʻe no nā haumāna a me nā kaiāulu kokoke.