Hoʻolilo ʻo US Department of Energy i $325 miliona no ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā papahana mālama ikehu 15

Wahi a ka Associated Press, ua hoʻolaha ka US Department of Energy i kahi kālā he $325 miliona i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā pākaukau hou e hoʻohuli i ka ikehu o ka lā a me ka makani i ka mana paʻa 24-hola.E māhele ʻia nā kālā i nā papahana 15 ma 17 mau mokuʻāina a me kahi ʻohana ʻAmelika ʻAmelika ma Minnesota.

Ke hoʻohana nui ʻia nei nā pila no ka mālama ʻana i ka ikehu hou no ka hoʻohana hope ʻana inā ʻaʻole ʻā ka lā a i ʻole ka makani.Ua ʻōlelo ka DOE e pale aku kēia mau papahana i nā kaiāulu hou aʻe mai nā pōʻeleʻele a e hoʻolilo i ka ikehu i hilinaʻi a kūʻai aku.

ʻO ke kālā hou no ka mālama ʻana i ka ikehu "lōʻihi", ʻo ia ka mea hiki ke lōʻihi aku ma mua o nā hola ʻehā maʻamau o nā pā lithium-ion.Mai ka napoʻo ʻana o ka lā a i ka puka ʻana o ka lā, a i ʻole e mālama i ka ikehu no nā lā i ka manawa.ʻO ka mālama ʻana i nā pākaukau lōʻihi e like me ka lā ua "pūnaewele mālama ikehu."ʻO nā ʻāpana e ulu wikiwiki ana i ka ikehu lā a me ka makani e makemake nui i ka mālama ʻana i ka ikehu lōʻihi.Ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, nui ka hoihoi i kēia ʻenehana ma nā wahi e like me Kaleponi, New York, a me Hawaii.

Eia kekahi o nā papahana i kākoʻo kālā ʻia ma o ka US Department of Energy's Bipartisan Infrastructure Act o 2021:

– ʻO kahi papahana i alakaʻi ʻia e Xcel Energy me ka hui pū ʻana me ka mea hana pākaukau lōʻihi ʻo Form Energy e hoʻonoho i ʻelua mau mea hoʻopaʻa pahu pahu 10-megawatt me 100 mau hola o ka hoʻohana ʻana ma nā kahua o nā mea kanu mana lanahu pani ʻia ma Becker, Minn., a me Pueblo, Colo. .

– He papahana ma California Valley Children's Hospital ma Madera, kahi kaiāulu i mālama ʻole ʻia, e hoʻokomo i kahi ʻōnaehana pākaukau e hoʻohui i ka hilinaʻi i kahi keʻena lapaʻau mālama koʻikoʻi e kū ana i ka pau ʻana o ka mana mai nā ahi ahi, nā waikahe a me nā nalu wela.Ke alakaʻi ʻia nei ka papahana e ka California Energy Commission ma ka hui pū ʻana me Faraday Microgrids.

- ʻO ka papahana Second Life Smart Systems ma Georgia, Kaleponi, South Carolina a me Louisiana e hoʻohana i nā pihi kaʻa uila i hoʻomaha ʻia akā hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia e hoʻolako i ke kākoʻo no nā kikowaena kiʻekiʻe, nā hale kūʻai aku a me nā lako uila.

- ʻO kekahi papahana hou i hoʻomohala ʻia e ka hui diagnostics battery Rejoule e hoʻohana pū i nā pihi kaʻa uila i hoʻopau ʻia ma nā kahua ʻekolu ma Petaluma, Kaleponi;Santa Fe, New Mexico;a he hale hoʻonaʻauao limahana ma ka ʻāina ʻo Red Lake, ʻaʻole mamao loa mai ka palena ʻo Kanada.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo David Klain, ke Kuhina Nui o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa no ka ʻenehana, e hōʻike ana nā papahana kālā e hiki ke hana i kēia mau ʻenehana i ka nui, kōkua i nā pono hana e hoʻolālā no ka mālama ʻana i ka ikehu lōʻihi, a hoʻomaka e hoʻemi i nā kumukūʻai.E hoʻopau ʻia nā pākaukau haʻahaʻa i ka mea keakea nui i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka ikehu hou.