Enyathelweni ebheke ekusaseni elivuselelekayo, i-United Arab Emirates (UAE), elungiselela ukusingatha ingqungquthela yesimo sezulu ye-COP28, iqalise iphrojekthi yayo yokuqala yamandla omoya 'osezingeni lokusetshenziswa', isikhathi esibalulekile sesizwe esihlala ogwadule. Igama elithi izinga lokusetshenziswa libhekisela esikhungweni esihlinzeka ngogesi omningi kakhulu kugridi.
I-Masdar, inkampani ehamba phambili yamandla avuselelekayo esifundeni, imemezele ukuqala kwesikhungo samandla omoya esingu-103.5-megawatt. Lo mzamo omkhulu wamandla avuselelekayo, osabalele ezindaweni ezine ezihlukene, uthembisa ukukhanyisa izindlu ezingaphezu kuka-23,000, uqhubekisele phambili isizwe emigomweni yaso ephakeme yezemvelo.
Lo msebenzi omkhulu, owadalwa yiMasdar, kanye neGoldWind International kanye nePowerChina, uzoba nama-turbine eDelma Island e-Abu Dhabi, eSir Bani Yas Island nase-Al Sila, kanye ne-Al Halah eFujairah.
USultan Al Jaber, olungele ukusingatha ingqungquthela ye-COP28 ezayo futhi ohlonishwa njengomklami nomphathi weMasdar, umemezele ukuvulwa okukhulu kwale phrojekthi. Isikhathi sika-Al Jaber njengomphathi omkhulu nosihlalo weMasdar siphawulwa yizinyathelo zokucabanga kusengaphambili entuthukweni esimeme.
“ Lo msebenzi… uzosiza ukususa cishe amathani ayi-120,000 e-CO2 minyaka yonke ”
Esikhathini lapho ukunciphisa i-carbon footprint kubaluleke kakhulu, uMohammad Abdelqader El-Ramahi, isikhulu esiphezulu se-hydrogen eluhlaza eMasdar, ugcizelele umthelela wezemvelo walo msebenzi. “Lo msebenzi… uzosiza ekususeni amathani angaba ngu-120,000 e-CO2 minyaka yonke,” kusho u-El-Ramahi ecashunwa yi-Reuters, elinganisa lokhu “nokususa izimoto ezingaba ngu-26,000 emigwaqweni.”
Umbono wepulazi lomoya wake wacatshangwa ukuthi awunakwenzeka ngenxa yesivinini somoya esivamile esiphansi e-UAE. Kodwa-ke, ngentuthuko yezobuchwepheshe ezintweni zokwakha kanye ne-aerodynamics, iMasdar yenze amandla omoya asezingeni eliphezulu abe yiqiniso elimangalisayo, elikwazi ukuvuna umoya opholile wasehlane.
Ubunikazi beMasdar bubonisa ukuzibophezela kuzwelonke, okuphethwe kancane yizinhlangano ezintathu ezisekelwa nguhulumeni ezigcizelela ukutshalwa kwezimali kwe-Abu Dhabi emandleni azinzile: i-ADNOC enamasheya angu-24%, i-TAQA ngamaphesenti angu-43, kanye nesikhwama semali sombuso iMubadala esinamaphesenti angu-33.
Njengoba i-UAE ilungiselela i-COP28, amazwi ka-Al Jaber ku-The National abonisa umuzwa wokuphuthuma nokuziqhenya. “Uhlelo lomoya lwe-UAE luwumthombo omkhulu wokuziqhenya kwesizwe,” esho, enezela ngokuthi ukuze kuhlangatshezwane nemigomo yeSivumelwano saseParis, “umhlaba kumele uphindwe kathathu amandla avuselelekayo ngo-2030.”
Eminyakeni eyishumi ngemuva kokusungulwa kweMasdar kwesitshalo sokuqala samandla elanga esihlanganisiwe eMpumalanga Ephakathi, inkampani manje isebenzisa ama-gigawatts angaphezu kwama-20 kumaphrojekthi avuselelekayo, ihlose ukuthola ama-gigawatts ayi-100 amangalisayo ngo-2030.
Njengoba inombono wokufinyelela ku-zero ngo-2050, i-UAE ichitha imali yayo yonke, ihlela ukuqoqa imali efinyelela ku-$54 billion emandleni avuselelekayo ekupheleni kwale minyaka eyishumi.
“Namuhla, i-UAE isebenza ngezindlela eziningana; amandla enuzi, amandla elanga, kanye nomoya,” kusho uDalal Matar Al Shamsi, uchwepheshe wezinsiza zemvelo e-UAE University, etshela iReuters. Ucabanga ukuthi “imiphumela ethembisayo ngo-2071, iminyaka eyikhulu ye-UAE.”
Njengoba imimoya yoshintsho idlula kulo lonke elase-UAE, ukusungulwa kwepulazi layo lokuqala lomoya elisezingeni eliphezulu kuyibufakazi bokuzibophezela kwalo okungantengantengi ekusaseni eliqhubekayo kanye nemigomo ebonwe kusengaphambili ye-COP28 nangale kwalokho.
