Ondrej Holzman Ukukhiqizwa kwamandla elanga kwa-Apple kukhule kakhulu kangangokuthi isinqume ukusungula inkampani engaphansi, i-Apple Energy LLC, ezodayisa ngayo ugesi oweqile kulo lonke elase-United States. Inkampani yaseCalifornian isivele isifake isicelo semvume ku-US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
NgoMashi walo nyaka, i-Apple yamemezela ukuthi inamamegawathi angama-521 kumaphrojekthi welanga emhlabeni jikelele, okuyenza ibe ngomunye wabasebenzisi abakhulu bamandla elanga emhlabeni. Umenzi we-iPhone uyisebenzisela ukunika amandla zonke izikhungo zayo zedatha, izitolo eziningi ze-Apple namahhovisi.
Ngaphezu kwamandla elanga, i-Apple iphinde itshale kweminye imithombo “ehlanzekile” efana nogesi ophehlwa ngamanzi, i-biogas namandla avela ku-geothermal. Futhi uma inkampani ngokwayo ingakwazi ukukhiqiza ugesi oluhlaza owanele, izowuthenga kwenye indawo. Njengamanje ihlanganisa amaphesenti angama-93 ezidingo zayo zomhlaba wonke ngogesi wayo.
Kodwa-ke, ihlela ukuthengisa ugesi owedlulele ovela emapulazini ayo elanga eCupertino naseNevada kulo lonke elase-United States esikhathini esizayo. Inzuzo ye-Apple kufanele kube ukuthi izokwazi ukudayisa ugesi kunoma ubani uma iphumelela ekufakeni isicelo sayo ku-FERC. Uma kungenjalo, izinkampani ezizimele zingathengisa kuphela izinsalela zazo ezinkampanini zamandla, futhi ikakhulukazi ngamanani ama-wholesale.
U-Apple uthi akayena umdlali omkhulu ebhizinisini lamandla ngakho-ke angathengisa ugesi ngokuqondile ukuze aqede amakhasimende ngamanani emakethe ngoba angeke abe nomthelela emakethe yonke. Ifuna imvume kwa-FERC ezoqala ukusebenza zingakapheli izinsuku ezingama-60.
Okwamanje, ngeke silindele ukuthi ukuthengiswa kukagesi kube yingxenye ebalulekile yebhizinisi layo le-Apple, kodwa kuseyindlela ethokozisayo yokuthi yenze imali ngokutshalwa kwezimali kumandla elanga. Futhi mhlawumbe ukuthenga ugesi ukusebenza ebusuku amaphrojekthi akho.
Ngakho-ke uma ngiqonda kahle, i-Apple inikwa amandla elanga kuphela lapho ilanga libalele. Uma nje ingagcini amandla kumabhethri, isibonelo, ukuze inqanyulwe ngokuphelele kugridi, khona-ke ngeke kube ukusebenza kwangempela kumandla elanga kimi?
kuzoba namabhethri athile, ngaphezu kwalokho, izikhungo zedatha ngokuvamile zine-UPS. ngaphandle kwalokho, bekungeke kwenzeke ngisho nokufinyelela kumaphesenti aphezulu kangako