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A wani yunƙuri na kusantar da Afirka ta Kudu don cimma nasarar samun damar samun wutar lantarki a duniya, Kamfanin Eskom Distribution ya ɗauki wani muhimmin mataki ta hanyar ƙaddamar da ɗayan ayyukan fasahar microgrid na farko a Swartkopdam, mai tazarar kilomita 150 daga Upington, a Arewacin Cape. Microgrids suna ba da ingantaccen, abin dogaro, kuma mai sauƙin tura mafita don zazzage wuraren ƙalubale na yanki waɗanda ko dai suna da wahalar samun dama ko buƙatar kashe kuɗi mai yawa. Wannan ƙananan microgrid a Swartkopdam ya kawo wutar lantarki ga gidaje 39 waɗanda a baya ba su da ikon yin amfani da wutar lantarki, tare da shawo kan matsalolin hanyoyin wutar lantarki da ake da su a yankin, waɗanda kusan ba za a iya tsawaitawa da haɗa su ba.
Nasarar aiwatar da wannan microgrid a Swartkopdam ya biyo bayan shigar da ayyukan microgrid na matukin jirgi biyu a Lynedoch a Western Cape da Ficksburg a cikin Jihar Kyauta.
Rarraba Eskom ta gano Swartkopdam a matsayin yanki mai fifiko mai buƙatar wutar lantarki. Saboda wurin da yake nesa da kasancewar mahimman wurare da aka saka a cikin grid, Binciken Eskom, Gwaji, da Ci gaba (RT&D) sun ƙaddara cewa microgrid tare da damar ajiyar ƙarfin baturi zai zama mafita mafi dacewa. An yi la'akari da wata hanya ta al'ada, wadda ta ƙunshi layin 200km 132kV daga tashar Gordonia da kuma kafa tashar Noenieput a Noenieput, wanda aka kiyasta ya kashe R250 miliyan. Koyaya, an ɗauki wannan zaɓin yana da tsada sosai don haka ba a bi shi ba.
Nasarar ƙaddamar da microgrid a Swartkopdam yana tsaye a matsayin hujja na ra'ayi don shigar da microgrids a cikin wurare masu nisa da ƙalubalen zuwa isa, yana gabatar da madaidaicin madadin hanyoyin lantarki na al'ada. Eskom yana da kyawawan tsare-tsare don tura kusan microgrids 100 a duk faɗin ƙasar nan da Maris 2024, a matsayin babban ɓangaren dabarun kasuwancin Rarraba. Monde Bala, Babban Manajan Rukunin Rarraba, ya bayyana sadaukarwar Eskom na rufe gibin talaucin makamashi da baiwa kowane dan Afirka ta Kudu kwarewar canza rayuwa ta samun wutar lantarki.
Amincewa da microgrids yana kawo fa'idodi da yawa fiye da wutar lantarki. Ba wai kawai microgrids sun fi tasiri ba, har ma suna ba da gudummawa sosai don rage hayakin carbon yayin da suke dogaro da hanyoyin makamashi masu sabuntawa.
Ta hanyar kirkire-kirkire da hadin gwiwar hadin gwiwa, Eskom ta samu nasarar samar da tsaftataccen wutar lantarki ga mutanen Swartkopdam, kamar yadda Mpho Makwana, shugaban hukumar Eskom ya jaddada. Wannan aikin ya kasance mai tabbatar da kudurin Eskom na tallafawa gwamnatin Afirka ta Kudu a manufarta na tabbatar da samun wutar lantarki ga dukkan 'yan kasar.
Haka kuma, sadaukarwar Eskom ga alhaki na zamantakewa (CSR) yana bayyana ta hanyar gudummawar da yake bayarwa ga al'ummar Swartkopdam. Baya ga shigarwar microgrid, Eskom yana ba da gudummawar kwantena na hannu guda biyu da kayan nishaɗi ga Makarantar Firamare ta Swartkopdam, yana samar da ingantaccen yanayin koyo ga ɗalibai da al'ummomin makwabta.