Umbane waseHawaii ufaka uthungelwano lwezikhululo zemozulu ze-52 kwiindawo ezinomlilo wasendle kwiziqithi ezine zaseHawaii.
Izikhululo zemozulu ziya kunceda inkampani ukuba iphendule kwiimeko zemozulu zomlilo ngokubonelela ngolwazi oluphambili malunga nomoya, ukushisa kunye nomswakama.
Inkampani ithi olu lwazi luya kunceda usetyenziso ukuba luthathe isigqibo sokuba luqalise na ukuvalwa kombane.
Ukusuka kwi-Hawaiian Electric news release:
Le projekthi ibandakanya ukufakelwa kwezikhululo zemozulu ezingama-52 kwiziqithi ezine. Izikhululo zemozulu, ezifakwe kwiipali zombane zoMbane waseHawaii, ziya kubonelela ngedatha yemeteorological eya kunceda inkampani ukuba ithathe isigqibo sokuba isebenze kwaye ivale ukuvalwa kombane wokhuseleko loluntu, okanye i-PSPS. Ngaphantsi kwenkqubo ye-PSPS eqaliswe ngoJulayi 1, uMbane waseHawaii unokuvala umbane kwangaphambili kwiindawo ezisemngciphekweni omkhulu womlilo wasendle ngexesha lokubikezela imimoya ephezulu kunye neemeko ezomileyo.
Iprojekthi ye-1.7 yezigidi zeerandi yenye malunga neshumi elinesibini lamanyathelo okhuseleko akufuphi nexesha lokhuseleko I-Hawaiian Electric iphunyezwa ukunciphisa amandla omlilo onxulumene neziseko zenkampani kwiindawo ezichongiweyo njengezibeka umngcipheko ophezulu. Ngokumalunga ne-50% yeendleko zeprojekthi ziya kuhlawulwa yimali ye-federal eyabiwe phantsi kwe-Federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) eqikelelwa kwi-95 yezigidi zeerandi kwinkxaso-mali yenkxaso-mali egubungela iindleko ezahlukeneyo ezinxulumene nokuqina koMbane waseHawaii kunye nomsebenzi wokunciphisa umlilo.
"Ezi zikhululo zemozulu ziya kudlala indima ebalulekileyo njengoko siqhubeka sithatha inyathelo lokujongana nomngcipheko okhulayo womlilo ovuthayo," watsho uJim Alberts, i-Hawaiian Electric i-vice-president kunye negosa eliyintloko lemisebenzi. "Ulwazi oluneenkcukacha abasinika lona luya kusivumela ukuba sithathe amanyathelo okuthintela ngokukhawuleza ukukhusela ukhuseleko loluntu."
Le nkampani sele igqibile ukufakwa kwezikhululo zemozulu kwiindawo ezingama-31 eziphambili ngokubaluleka kwisigaba sokuqala seprojekthi. Ezinye ezingama-21 zicwangciselwe ukufakelwa ekupheleni kukaJulayi. Xa kugqityiwe, kuya kubakho izikhululo zemozulu ze-52: i-23 kwi-Maui, i-15 kwi-Hawai'i Island, i-12 e-Oahu kunye ne-2 kwi-Moloka'i.
I-Hawaiian Electric ikhontrakthi kunye neCalifornia esekelwe kwiQela leMozulu yeNtshonalanga yezixhobo zesikhululo semozulu kunye neenkonzo zenkxaso. Izikhululo zemozulu zinikwe amandla elanga kwaye zirekhoda ubushushu, ukufuma okunxulumeneyo, isantya somoya kunye necala eliya kulo. IQela leMozulu yeNtshona ngumboneleli okhokelayo weenkonzo zemozulu ze-PSPS kushishino oluluncedo lombane ukunceda izinto eziluncedo kulo lonke elase-US ngokujongana nomngcipheko womlilo wasendle.
Umbane waseHawaii ukwabelana ngedatha yesikhululo semozulu kunye neNkonzo yeMozulu yeSizwe (i-NWS), amaziko emfundo, kunye nezinye iinkonzo zokubikezela imozulu ukunceda ukuphucula amandla ombuso jikelele ngokuchanekileyo ukubikezela iimeko zemozulu ezinomlilo.
Izitishi zemozulu licandelo nje elinye leHawaiian Electric's multi-pronged Wildfire Safety Strategy. Inkampani sele iphunyezwe utshintsho oluninzi kwiindawo ezinobungozi obuphezulu, kubandakanywa ukuqaliswa kweprogram ye-PSPS ngoJulayi 1, ukufakwa kwe-AI-ephuculweyo yeekhamera zokubona umlilo wasendle, ukuthunyelwa kwee-spotters kwiindawo ezinobungozi, kunye nokuphunyezwa kwezicwangciso zohambo olukhawulezayo ukuvala ngokuzenzekelayo umbane kwisekethe kwindawo yomngcipheko xa ukuphazamiseka kufunyenwe kwisiphaluka.
Ixesha lokuposa: Sep-19-2024