Zilolezo za chitukuko zaperekedwa kwa makina osungira mphamvu ya batri (BESS) omwe akukonzekera kwambiri ku New Zealand mpaka pano.

Pulojekiti yosungira mabatire a 100MW ikupangidwa ndi wopanga magetsi komanso wogulitsa Meridian Energy ku Ruākākā ku North Island ku New Zealand. Malowa ali pafupi ndi Marsden Point, yomwe kale inali fakitale yoyeretsera mafuta.

Meridian adati sabata yatha (3 Novembala) kuti yalandira chilolezo cha polojekitiyi kuchokera ku Whangārei District Council ndi akuluakulu a Northland Regional Council. Ichi ndi gawo loyamba la Ruākākā Energy Park, ndipo Meridian ikuyembekezanso kumanga chomera cha 125MW chamagetsi a dzuwa pamalopo pambuyo pake.

Cholinga cha Meridian ndi kukhazikitsa BESS mu 2024. Mtsogoleri wa kampani yokonzanso zinthu zatsopano, Helen Knott, anati thandizo lomwe ipereka ku gridi yamagetsi lidzachepetsa kusakhazikika kwa magetsi ndi kufunikira kwa magetsi, motero lidzathandizira kuchepetsa mitengo yamagetsi.

"Tawona njira yathu yamagetsi ikuvutika nthawi zina chifukwa cha mavuto okhudzana ndi kupezeka kwa magetsi omwe apangitsa kuti mitengo isasinthe. Kusungidwa kwa mabatire kudzathandiza kuchepetsa zochitikazi mwa kukonza kufalikira kwa magetsi ndi kufunikira kwa magetsi," adatero Knott.

Dongosololi lidzalipiritsa mphamvu yotsika mtengo nthawi yomwe magetsi sagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri ndipo lidzabwezedwa ku gridi nthawi yomwe magetsi amafunidwa kwambiri. Lidzathandizanso kuti magetsi ambiri opangidwa ku South Island ku New Zealand agwiritsidwe ntchito kumpoto.

Pofuna kuthandiza kuwonjezera kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zongowonjezwdwanso, malowa angathandizenso kuti mafuta opangidwa kuchokera ku zinthu zakale apume pantchito ku North Island, anatero Knott.

Monga momwe zanenedwera ndiNkhani Zosungira MphamvuMu Marichi, pulojekiti yayikulu kwambiri yosungira mabatire ku New Zealand yomwe idalengezedwa poyera ndi makina a 35MW omwe akumangidwa pakadali pano ndi kampani yogawa magetsi ya WEL Networks ndi kampani yopanga mapulojekiti ya Infratec.

Komanso ku North Island, pulojekitiyi ikuyandikira tsiku lomwe ikuyembekezeka kumalizidwa mu Disembala chaka chino, ndi ukadaulo wa BESS woperekedwa ndi Saft ndi power conversion systems (PCS) ndi Power Electronics NZ.

Dongosolo loyamba losungira mabatire mdziko muno la megawatt likuyembekezeka kuti linali pulojekiti ya 1MW/2.3MWh yomwe idamalizidwa mu 2016 pogwiritsa ntchito Tesla Powerpack, njira yoyamba ya Tesla yolumikizira BESS ya mafakitale ndi gridi. Komabe, BESS yoyamba kulumikizidwa ku gridi yotumizira magesi yamphamvu kwambiri ku New Zealand idabwera patatha zaka ziwiri kuchokera pamenepo.