Imboni entsha yamandla elanga ibonakala ingasebenzi kahle kunalokho obekulindelwe, kodwa izinzuzo zezimali zenza izinhlelo zelanga zibe ukukhetha okuhlakaniphile kubathengi abaningi. Eqinisweni, omunye umhlali waseLongboat Key muva nje ugcizelele ukwehliswa kwentela okuhlukahlukene kanye namakhredithi atholakalayo okufaka amaphaneli elanga, okwenza akhange kakhulu kulabo abacabanga ngamandla avuselelekayo.
Imboni yelanga ibilokhu ixoxwa iminyaka eminingi, inamathemba amakhulu okuthi ingaguqula indlela amakhaya namabhizinisi asebenza ngayo. Kodwa-ke, intuthuko yayo ayizange isheshe njengoba bekulindelwe ekuqaleni. Noma kunjalo, kunezizathu eziningi zokucabanga ngokutshala imali ohlelweni lwelanga, kanti izikhuthazo zezimali ziyingxenye enkulu yalo.
Esinye sezizathu ezibaluleke kakhulu zokutshala imali kumandla elanga ukutholakala kwezikhuthazo zezimali. Kube nokucindezelwa eminyakeni yamuva nje kokukhuthaza ukusetshenziswa kwamandla avuselelekayo, futhi ngenxa yalokho, ukwehliswa kwentela okuhlukahlukene kanye namakhredithi manje sekuyatholakala kulabo abakhetha ukufaka amaphaneli elanga. Lezi zikhuthazo zinganciphisa kakhulu izindleko zangaphambi kokuthenga nokufaka uhlelo lwelanga, okwenza kube inketho ekhangayo kakhulu kubathengi.
Isibonelo, uhulumeni wobumbano njengamanje unikeza i-Solar Investment Tax Credit (ITC), evumela abanikazi bezindlu namabhizinisi ukuthi bakhiphe ingxenye yezindleko zokufaka uhlelo lwelanga ezinteleni zabo zikahulumeni. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ohulumeni abaningi bezifundazwe nabasekhaya banikeza izikhuthazo zabo, njengokukhululwa enteleni yempahla noma izaphulelo zemali zokufaka amaphaneli elanga. Uma zihlanganisiwe, lezi zikhuthazo zezimali zingaba nomthelela omkhulu ezindlekweni zizonke zamandla elanga.
Izakhamuzi zaseLongboat Island ezisanda kugqamisa lezi zikhuthazo zigqamise izinzuzo zezomnotho zesikhathi eside zokutshala imali kumandla elanga. Ngokusebenzisa izinzuzo zokukhululwa kwentela kanye nezikweletu ezikhona, abanikazi bezindlu abakwazi nje ukunciphisa kakhulu izindleko zokuqala zokufaka uhlelo lwelanga, kodwa futhi bajabulele izikweletu zamandla eziphansi esikhathini esizayo. Njengoba izindleko zikagesi ezivamile zikhuphuka kanye nethuba lokuzimela kwamandla, izinzuzo zezimali zokusebenzisa amandla elanga ziya ngokuya zicaca.
Ngaphezu kwezikhuthazo zezimali, ukutshala imali kumandla elanga kunezinzuzo eziningi zemvelo. Amaphaneli elanga akhiqiza amandla ahlanzekile, avuselelekayo anciphisa kakhulu umthelela wekhabhoni ohlotshaniswa nemithombo yamandla yendabuko. Ngokukhetha amandla elanga, abanikazi bezindlu namabhizinisi bangafaka isandla ekusaseni elizinzile ngenkathi besonga imali.
Nakuba imboni yelanga ibonakala ingasebenzi kahle kunalokho obekulindelwe, ukutholakala kwezikhuthazo zezimali kwenza ilanga libe ukukhetha okuhlakaniphile kubathengi abaningi. Ukukhululwa kwentela okuhlukahlukene kanye namakhredithi okufaka amaphaneli elanga kunikeza izizathu eziphoqelelayo zabanikazi bezindlu namabhizinisi zokushintshela emandleni avuselelekayo. Njengoba abantu abaningi beqaphela izinzuzo zezomnotho nezemvelo zamandla elanga, singase sibone abathengi abaningi beshintshela ezinhlelweni zelanga eminyakeni ezayo.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Disemba-06-2023