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Dadaal lagu doonayo in lagu soo dhaweeyo Koonfur Afrika si loo gaaro helitaan caalami ah oo koronto ah, Qaybinta Eskom waxay qaaday tallaabo muhiim ah oo horay loo qaaday iyadoo ka billowday mid ka mid ah mashruuceedii ugu horreeyay ee tignoolajiyada microgrid ee Swartkopdam, oo qiyaastii 150km u jirta Upington, ee Waqooyiga Cape. Microgrids-ku waxay bixiyaan xal wax ku ool ah, la isku halayn karo, oo si fudud loo diri karo si loo koronto meelaha juqraafi ahaan adag ee ay adag tahay in la galo ama u baahan kharash raasumaal oo ballaadhan. Mikrogrid-ka-goynta ah ee Swartkopdam ayaa koronto u keentay 39 qoys oo markii hore aan helin koronto, taasoo ka gudubtay caqabadaha shabakadaha korontada ee aagga, kuwaas oo aan suurtagal ahayn in la kordhiyo lana isku xiro.
Hirgelinta guusha leh ee microgrid-kan ee Swartkopdam waxay daba socotaa rakibidda laba mashruuc oo tijaabo ah oo microgrid ah oo laga sameeyay Lynedoch ee Western Cape iyo Ficksburg ee Gobolka Xorta ah.
Qaybinta Eskom waxay u aqoonsatay Swartkopdam inay tahay aag mudnaanta sare leh oo u baahan koronto. Iyada oo ay ugu wacan tahay goobta fog ee ay ku taal iyo joogitaanka tas-hiilaadka muhiimka ah ee ku dhexjira shabaggadda, Eskom Research, Testing, and Development (RT&D) ayaa go'aamisay in microgrid leh awoodda kaydinta tamarta batteriga ay noqon doonto xalka ugu habboon. Hab kale oo caadi ah ayaa la tixgeliyey, oo ku lug leh 200km 132kV oo ka yimid substation Gordonia iyo samaynta qaybta Noenieput ee Noenieput, oo lagu qiyaasay inay ku kacayso R250 milyan. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, doorashadan ayaa loo arkay inay qaali tahay oo aan sidaas loo sii socon.
Ku-wareejinta mikrogrid-ka ee lagu guulaystay ee Swartkopdam waxay u taagan tahay caddaynta fikradda lagu rakibayo microgrid meelaha fog-fog iyo kuwa adag ee la gaari karo, taasoo soo bandhigaysa beddel macquul ah oo ka duwan habka koronto-siinta caadiga ah. Eskom waxa ay haysaa qorshayaal hami leh oo ay ku geynayso ku dhawaad 100 microgrids dalka oo dhan marka la gaadho Maarso 2024, taas oo qayb muhiim ah ka ah istiraatijiyada ganacsi ee qaybinta Monde Bala, oo ah Maamulaha Kooxda Qaybinta, ayaa muujisay sida ay Eskom ugu heellan tahay in ay xirto farqiga saboolnimada tamarta iyo siinta qof kasta oo Koonfur Afrikaan ah waayo-aragnimada isbeddelka nolosha ee helitaanka koronto.
Qaadashada microgrids waxay keenaysaa faa'iidooyin badan oo ka baxsan koronto. Kaliya maahan microgrids kharash badan oo wax ku ool ah, laakiin sidoo kale waxay gacan ka geystaan dhimista qiiqa kaarboonka maadaama ay ku tiirsan yihiin ilaha tamarta la cusboonaysiin karo.
Hal-abuurnimo iyo iskaashi iskaashi, Eskom waxay ku guulaysatay inay siiso koronto nadiif ah oo la isku halayn karo dadka Swartkopdam, sida uu ku nuuxnuuxsaday Mpho Makwana, Guddoomiyaha Guddiga Eskom. Mashruucani wuxuu u adeegaa sidii dib u xaqiijinta ka go'anaanshaha Eskom ee taageerada dawladda Koonfur Afrika ujeedkeeda ah hubinta helitaanka koronto ee dhammaan muwaadiniinta.
Waxaa intaa dheer, ka go'naanta Eskom ee mas'uuliyadda bulshada ee shirkadaha (CSR) waxay caddaynaysaa wax ku biirinta bulshada Swartkopdam. Ku rakibida microgrid ka sokow, Eskom waxay ku deeqaysaa laba weel oo guurguura iyo qalab madadaalo ah Dugsiga Hoose ee Swartkopdam, abuurista jawi waxbarasho oo wanaagsan ardayda iyo bulshooyinka deriska ah.