I-Switzerland isiphinde yaba seqhulwini lokusungula amandla ahlanzekile ngephrojekthi yokuqala emhlabeni wonke: ukufakwa kwamaphaneli elanga akhiphekayo kumathrekhi kaloliwe asebenzayo. Ithuthukiswe inkampani yokuqala i-The Way of the Sun ngokubambisana ne-Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), lolu hlelo oluyisisekelo luzongena esigabeni sokuhlola ithrekhi e-Neuchâtel kusukela ngo-2025. Le phrojekthi ihlose ukubuyisela ingqalasizinda kaloliwe ekhona ngamandla elanga, ukuhlinzeka ngesixazululo samandla esiyingozi futhi esivumelana nemvelo esingadingi umhlaba owengeziwe.
Ubuchwepheshe be-“Sun-Ways” buvumela ukufakwa kwamaphaneli elanga phakathi kwamathrekhi kaloliwe, okwenza izitimela zikwazi ukudlula ngaphandle kokuvinjwa. "Lokhu kuphawula okokuqala ngqa ukuthi amaphaneli elanga azobekwa emzileni wesitimela osebenzayo," kusho uJoseph Scuderi, oyi-CEO ye-Sun-Ways. Amaphaneli azofakwa izitimela ezikhethekile eziklanywe inkampani yase-Swiss yokulungisa amathrekhi i-Scheuchzer, enamandla okubeka amaphaneli afinyelela ku-1,000 square metres ngosuku.
Isici esiyinhloko salolu hlelo ukususwa kwalo, ukubhekana nenselele evamile ebhekene nezinhlelo zangaphambilini zelanga. Amaphaneli elanga angasuswa kalula ukuze alungiswe, into entsha ebalulekile eyenza amandla elanga asebenze kumanethiwekhi kaloliwe. "Ikhono lokuhlakaza amaphaneli libalulekile," kuchaza uScuderi, ephawula ukuthi lokhu kunqoba izinselele eziye zavimbela ukusetshenziswa kwamandla elanga emigwaqweni yezitimela.
Iphrojekthi yokuhlola yeminyaka emithathu izoqala entwasahlobo ka-2025, kuzofakwa amaphaneli elanga angama-48 eduze kwengxenye yesitimela eduze nesiteshi sase-Neuchâtelbutz, esiqhele ngamamitha ayi-100. I-Sun-Ways ilinganisela ukuthi lolu hlelo luzokhiqiza ugesi ongu-16,000 kWh minyaka yonke—okwanele ukuze kuphehlwe izindlu zendawo. Le phrojekthi, exhaswe nge-CHF 585,000 (€623,000), ifuna ukukhombisa amandla okuhlanganisa amandla elanga kunethiwekhi yezitimela.
Naphezu kwamandla ayo athembisayo, iphrojekthi ibhekene nezinselelo ezithile. I-International Union of Railways (UIC) izwakalise ukukhathazeka mayelana nokuqina kwamaphaneli, ama-microcracks angaba khona, kanye nobungozi bomlilo. Kunokwesabela ukuthi ukuvela kwamaphaneli kungase kuphazamise abashayeli bezitimela. Ukuphendula, i-Sun-Ways isebenze ekuthuthukiseni izindawo zamaphaneli ezingabonisi kanye nezinto eziqinisayo. "Senze amaphaneli ahlala isikhathi eside kunalawo endabuko, futhi angase afake ngisho nezihlungi eziphikisana ne-reflection," kuchaza uScuderi, ekhuluma nalokhu kukhathazeka.
Izimo zezulu, ikakhulukazi iqhwa neqhwa, nazo zimakwe njengezinkinga ezingase zibe khona, njengoba zingaba nomthelela ekusebenzeni kwamaphaneli. Nokho, i-Sun-Ways isebenza ngenkuthalo esixazululweni. “Senza uhlelo oluncibilikisa amadiphozithi afriziwe,” kusho uScuderi, eqinisekisa ukuthi uhlelo luhlala lusebenza unyaka wonke.
Umqondo wokufaka ama-solar kumathrekhi wesitimela unganciphisa kakhulu umthelela wemvelo wamaphrojekthi wamandla. Ngokusebenzisa ingqalasizinda ekhona, uhlelo lugwema isidingo samapulazi amasha elanga kanye nokuhambisana kwawo kwemvelo. "Lokhu kuhambisana nomkhuba womhlaba wonke wokunciphisa umthelela wemvelo wemiklamo yamandla kanye nokuhlangabezana nemigomo yokunciphisa i-carbon," kusho uScuderi.
Uma uphumelela, lesi sinyathelo sokuqala singasebenza njengesibonelo samazwe emhlabeni wonke abheke ukwandisa amandla awo avuselelekayo. “Sikholelwa ukuthi lo msebenzi ngeke usize nje kuphela ukonga amandla kodwa futhi uzonikeza izinzuzo zezomnotho zesikhathi eside kohulumeni nezinkampani zempahla,” kusho uDanichet, egcizelela ukuthi kungenzeka ukonga izindleko.
Sengiphetha, ubuchwepheshe obusha be-Sun-Ways bungaguqula indlela amandla elanga ahlanganiswe ngayo kumanethiwekhi ezokuthutha. Njengoba umhlaba ufuna izisombululo zamandla anamandla nezimeme, iphrojekthi ye-solar yaseSwitzerland ephusile ingamela impumelelo imboni yamandla avuselelekayo ebilindelwe.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Dec-19-2024