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Hauv kev sib zog los coj South Africa los ze zog kom ua tiav kev nkag mus rau hluav taws xob thoob ntiaj teb, Eskom Distribution tau ua ib kauj ruam tseem ceeb los ntawm kev tsim ib qho ntawm nws thawj microgrid technology project ntawm Swartkopdam, nyob ze li ntawm 150km ntawm Upington, nyob rau sab qaum teb Cape. Microgrids muab cov kev daws teeb meem zoo, txhim khu kev qha, thiab siv tau yooj yim los siv hluav taws xob hauv thaj chaw nyuaj uas nyuaj rau kev nkag los yog xav tau kev siv peev ntau. Qhov kev txiav-ntug microgrid ntawm Swartkopdam tau coj hluav taws xob rau 39 tsev neeg uas yav dhau los tsis muaj lub zog siv hluav taws xob, kov yeej cov kev txwv ntawm cov hluav taws xob uas twb muaj lawm hauv cheeb tsam, uas yog qhov ua tsis tau txuas ntxiv thiab txuas.
Kev ua tiav ntawm qhov microgrid no ntawm Swartkopdam ua raws li kev teeb tsa ntawm ob lub phiaj xwm microgrid ntawm Lynedoch hauv Western Cape thiab Ficksburg hauv Xeev Dawb.
Eskom Distribution tau txheeb xyuas Swartkopdam raws li thaj chaw tseem ceeb hauv kev xav tau hluav taws xob. Vim nws qhov chaw nyob deb nroog thiab muaj cov chaw tseem ceeb hauv daim phiaj, Eskom Kev Tshawb Fawb, Kev Tshawb Fawb, thiab Kev Txhim Kho (RT&D) tau txiav txim siab tias microgrid nrog lub roj teeb muaj peev xwm khaws cia yuav yog qhov tsim nyog tshaj plaws. Lwm txoj hauv kev tau txiav txim siab, suav nrog 200km 132kV kab los ntawm Gordonia substation thiab tsim ntawm Noenieput substation ntawm Noenieput, kwv yees tias yuav raug nqi R250 lab. Txawm li cas los xij, qhov kev xaiv no tau suav tias yog kim heev thiab yog li tsis ua raws.
Kev ua tiav ntawm microgrid ntawm Swartkopdam sawv ua pov thawj ntawm lub tswv yim rau kev txhim kho microgrids nyob rau hauv tej thaj chaw deb thiab nyuaj-rau-mus txog, nthuav qhia lwm txoj kev siv tau rau cov pa hluav taws xob txhais tau tias. Eskom muaj lub hom phiaj xav kom xa tawm kwv yees li 100 microgrids thoob plaws lub tebchaws los ntawm Lub Peb Hlis 2024, uas yog ib feem tseem ceeb ntawm nws txoj kev faib khoom lag luam. Monde Bala, Tus Thawj Coj Pab Pawg Distribution, tau qhia Eskom txoj kev mob siab rau kaw qhov sib txawv ntawm kev txom nyem hluav taws xob thiab muab txhua tus neeg South Africa hloov pauv lub neej ntawm kev nkag mus rau hluav taws xob.
Kev siv cov microgrids coj ntau yam txiaj ntsig tshaj li hluav taws xob. Tsis tsuas yog cov microgrids tau txais txiaj ntsig zoo dua, tab sis lawv kuj tseem ua rau txo qis cov pa roj carbon monoxide vim lawv vam khom cov khoom siv hluav taws xob txuas ntxiv.
Los ntawm kev tsim kho tshiab thiab kev sib koom ua ke, Eskom tau ua tiav hauv kev muab hluav taws xob huv thiab txhim khu kev qha rau cov neeg ntawm Swartkopdam, raws li tau hais los ntawm Mpho Makwana, Eskom Pawg Thawj Tswj Hwm. Qhov phiaj xwm no ua rau muaj kev lees paub ntawm Eskom txoj kev cog lus los txhawb tsoomfwv South Africa hauv nws lub hom phiaj ntawm kev ua kom muaj hluav taws xob thoob ntiaj teb rau txhua tus pej xeem.
Ntxiv mus, Eskom txoj kev mob siab rau kev koom tes hauv zej zog (CSR) tau pom tseeb los ntawm nws txoj kev koom tes rau Swartkopdam zej zog. Ntxiv rau qhov kev teeb tsa microgrid, Eskom tau pub ob lub thawv txawb thiab khoom siv ua si rau Swartkopdam Lub Tsev Kawm Ntawv Qib Siab, tsim kom muaj kev kawm zoo dua rau cov tub ntxhais kawm thiab cov zej zog nyob sib ze.