Inqanaba leSizwe lifumana iCalifornia kwi-1st, eNew Jersey naseArizona kwindawo yesi-2 kunye neyesi-3 yeSolar kwiZikolo ze-K-12.
I-CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA kunye ne-WASHINGTON, DC - Njengoko izithili zezikolo zizabalazela ukuziqhelanisa nentlekele yohlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwelizwe lonke oluziswe kukuqhambuka kwe-COVID-19, uninzi lwezikolo ze-K-12 zilungisa uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali ngokutshintshela kumandla elanga, rhoqo zingabinamali yangaphambili. Ukususela ngo-2014, izikolo ze-K-12 zabona ukwanda kweepesenti ze-139 kwinani le-solar efakwe, ngokutsho kwengxelo entsha evela kumandla acocekileyo angenzi nzuzo Generation180, ngokubambisana ne-Solar Foundation kunye ne-Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA).
Ingxelo ifumanisa ukuba izikolo ezingama-7,332 kwilizwe lonke zisebenzisa amandla elanga, zenza isi-5.5 ekhulwini kuzo zonke izikolo zikarhulumente nezikolo zabucala ezikwi-K-12 eUnited States. Kule minyaka mi-5 idlulileyo, inani lezikolo ezinelanga linyuke nge-81 ekhulwini, kwaye ngoku abafundi abazizigidi ezi-5.3 bafunda kwisikolo esinelanga. Awona mazwe mahlanu aphambili kwizikolo zokukhanya kwelanga—iCalifornia, iNew Jersey, iArizona, iMassachusetts, neIndiana—aye anceda ekuqhubeni olu lwando.
Ilanga lifikeleleka ngokupheleleyo kuzo zonke izikolo—kungakhathaliseki ukuba indawo ohlala kuyo enelanga okanye ityebile kangakanani na. Zimbalwa kakhulu izikolo eziqondayo ukuba iisolar yinto ezinokuyisebenzisa ukonga imali ukuze kungenelwe abafundi namhlanje.”utshilo uWendy Philleo, umlawuli olawulayo weGeneration180. “Izikolo ezitshintshela kwisolar zinokubeka ukonga iindleko zamandla kumalungiselelo okubuyela esikolweni, njengokufaka izixhobo zokungenisa umoya, okanye ekugcineni ootitshala nokugcina iinkqubo ezibalulekileyo,” wongeze watsho.
Iindleko zamandla ziyindleko yesibini ngobukhulu kwizikolo zase-US emva kwabasebenzi. Ababhali beengxelo bayaqaphela ukuba izithili zesikolo zinokugcina kakhulu kwiindleko zamandla ngokuhamba kwexesha. Umzekelo, iSithili seSikolo esiManyeneyo saseTucson e-Arizona silindele ukonga i-43 yezigidi zeerandi kwiminyaka engama-20, kwaye e-Arkansas, iSithili seSikolo saseBatesville sasebenzisa ukonga amandla ukuze sibe sesona sithili sihlawula kakhulu kwisithili apho ootitshala bafumana ukuya kuthi ga kwi-9,000 yeedola ngonyaka ngokwenyuswa.
Uphononongo lufumanisa ukuba uninzi lwezikolo luhamba ngelanga kunye nexabiso elincinci ukuya kwelangaphambili. Ngokutsho kwale ngxelo, i-79 pesenti yombane welanga ofakwe ezikolweni ixhaswa ngemali ngomnye umntu—onjengomakhi welanga—oxhasa ngemali, eyakhayo, engumnikazi wayo noyilondolozayo le nkqubo. Oku kuvumela izikolo nezithili, kungakhathaliseki ubungakanani bohlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwazo, ukuba zithenge amandla elanga kwaye zifumane ukonga iindleko zamandla ngoko nangoko. Izivumelwano zokuthenga amandla, okanye iiPPAs, lulungiselelo oludumileyo lomntu wesithathu olukhoyo ngoku kumazwe angama-28 nakwiSithili saseColumbia.
Izikolo zikwasebenzisa imali kwiiprojekthi zelanga ukubonelela abafundi ngamathuba okufunda e-STEM, uqeqesho lwemisebenzi, kunye noqeqesho lwemisebenzi yelanga.
"Ufakelo lwelanga luxhasa imisebenzi yasekhaya kwaye lungenise ingeniso yerhafu, kodwa lunokunceda izikolo zibeke ukonga amandla kwezinye izinto zokuphucula kunye nokuxhasa ngcono ootitshala bazo,"watsho UAbigail Ross Hopper, umongameli kunye ne-CEO ye-SEIA. "Njengoko sicinga ngeendlela esinokuphinda sakheke ngcono, ukunceda izikolo ukuba zenze utshintsho kwi-solar + yokugcina inokuphakamisa uluntu lwethu, ukuqhuba uqoqosho lwethu oluzinzileyo, kunye nokukhusela izikolo zethu kwimiphumo yokutshintsha kwemozulu. "Kunqabile ukufumana isisombululo esinokusombulula imingeni emininzi ngexesha elinye kwaye sinethemba lokuba iCongress iya kuqonda ukuba ilanga liyakwazi ukudlala indima ebalulekileyo kwiindawo zethu zokuhlala, "wongezelela.
Ukongeza, izikolo ezinelanga kunye nokugcinwa kweebhetri zingasebenza njengeendawo zokuhlala ezingxamisekileyo kwaye zibonelele ngombane ogciniweyo ngexesha lokucima kweegridi, ezingathinteli kuphela ukuphazamiseka kweklasi kodwa zisebenza njengesixhobo esibalulekileyo kuluntu.
"Ngexesha apho ubhubhane wehlabathi kunye nokutshintsha kwemozulu kuzisa ukulungela olungxamisekileyo kugxininiso olubukhali, izikolo ezinelanga kunye nokugcinwa kwazo zinokuba ngamaziko okomelela koluntu abonelela ngenkxaso ebalulekileyo kuluntu lwabo ngexesha leentlekele zendalo,"utshilo uAndrea Luecke, umongameli kunye nomlawuli olawulayo kwiSolar Foundation. "Sinethemba lokuba le ngxelo iya kuba sisixhobo esibalulekileyo sokunceda izithili zezikolo zikhokele indlela eya kwikamva lamandla acocekileyo."
Olu hlelo lwesithathu lweKamva Eliqaqambileyo: Uphononongo ngeSola kwiZikolo zase-US lubonelela ngolona phando lubanzi ukuza kuthi ga ngoku malunga nokuthathwa kwelanga kunye nentsingiselo kwizikolo zikarhulumente nezabucala ze-K-12 kuzwelonke kwaye libandakanya izifundo ezininzi zesikolo. Iziko lewebhu lengxelo libandakanya imephu yonxibelelwano yezikolo ezisebenza ngelanga kwisizwe siphela, kunye nezinye izibonelelo zokunceda izithili zezikolo ukuba zihambe ngelanga.
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Malunga neSEIA®:
I-Solar Energy Industries Association® (SEIA) ikhokela inguqu kuqoqosho lwamandla acocekileyo, idala isikhokelo sokukhanya kwelanga ukufikelela kwi-20% yokuveliswa kombane e-US ngo-2030. I-SEIA isebenza kunye neenkampani zayo ezingamalungu ayi-1,000 kunye namanye amahlakani eqhinga lokulwela imigaqo-nkqubo edala imisebenzi kuwo onke abahlali kunye nokubumba imithetho yemarike enobulungisa ekhuthaza ukhuphiswano kunye nokukhula kombane othembekileyo, ophantsi-co. Yasekwa ngo-1974, i-SEIA ngumbutho wesizwe worhwebo owakha umbono obanzi weSolar+ Decade ngophando, imfundo kunye nokuxhasa. Ndwendwela i-SEIA kwi-intanethi aphawww.seia.org.
Malunga nesizukulwana180:
IGeneration180 iyakhuthaza kwaye ixhobisa abantu ukuba bathathe inyathelo kumandla acocekileyo. Sinombono wokutshintsha kwe-180-degree kwimithombo yethu yamandla-ukusuka kumafutha e-fossil ukuya kumandla acocekileyo-eqhutywa yi-180-degree shift kwimbono yabantu ngendima yabo ekwenzeni ukuba kwenzeke. Iphulo lethu leSolar for All Schools (i-SFAS) likhokela intshukumo kuzwelonke yokunceda izikolo ze-K-12 zinciphise iindleko zamandla, ziphucule ukufunda kwabafundi, kwaye zikhuthaze uluntu olusempilweni kumntu wonke. I-SFAS yandisa ukufikelela kwilanga ngokubonelela ngezibonelelo kunye nenkxaso kubathathi-zigqibo bezikolo kunye nabameli babahlali, ngokwakha unxibelelwano loontanga-kuontanga, kunye nokukhuthaza imigaqo-nkqubo eyomeleleyo yelanga. Funda ngakumbi kwi-SolarForAllSchools.org. Oku kuwa, i-Generation180 ibamba ngokubambisana i-National Solar Tour kunye ne-Solar United Neighbors ukubonisa iiprojekthi zelanga zesikolo kunye nokubonelela ngeqonga leenkokeli ukuba babelane ngeenzuzo zelanga. Funda ngakumbi kwihttps://generation180.org/national-solar-tour/.
Malunga neSolar Foundation:
ISolar Foundation® ngumbutho ozimeleyo we-501(c)(3) ongenzi nzuzo onjongo yawo ikukukhawulezisa ukwamkelwa kowona mthombo wamandla ubuninzi ehlabathini. Ngobunkokeli bayo, uphando kunye nokwakhiwa kwamandla, i-Solar Foundation yenza izisombululo zokuguqula ukufezekisa ikamva eliphumelelayo apho amandla elanga kunye nobuchwepheshe obuhambelana nelanga buhlanganiswe kuzo zonke iinkalo zobomi bethu. Amanyathelo ahlukeneyo eSolar Foundation abandakanya uphando lwemisebenzi yelanga, ukungafani kwabasebenzi, kunye nokuguqulwa kwemarike yamandla acocekileyo. Ngenkqubo yeSolSmart, iSolar Foundation iye yazibandakanya namaqabane asekuhlaleni kuluntu olungaphezulu kwama-370 kwilizwe lonke ukuqhubela phambili ukukhula kwamandla elanga. Funda ngakumbi kwi-SolarFoundation.org
Abafowunelwa bemidiya:
Jen Bristol, Solar Energy Industries Association, 202-556-2886, jbristol@seia.org
Kay Campbell, Generation180, 434-987-2572, kay@generation180.org
Avery Palmer, The Solar Foundation, 202-302-2765, apalmer@solarfound.org
Ixesha lokuposa: Sep-15-2020