Kukhiqizwa futhi kudliwe amandla amangaki avuselelekayo e-United States?
Context:Ngokusho kwedatha yokuqala evela ku-US Energy Information Administration, amandla avuselelekayo abalwa cishe ngo-12,6% womthamo ophelele wamandla okuqala futhi cishe ngo-19,8% kagesi okhiqizwe ngaphakathi e-United States ngo-2020.
Kusukela ngo-2019, amandla omoya abe ngumkhiqizi omkhulu kagesi ovuselelekayo ezweni. Amandla omoya akhiqize ugesi ongu-337.9 terawatt-hours ngo-2020, obekungamaphesenti angu-8.4 wokukhiqizwa kukagesi okuphelele kwesizwe kanye namaphesenti angu-43.2 wokukhiqizwa kukagesi okuphelele okuvuselelekayo. Ngo-Okthoba 2021, umthamo wokukhiqiza wamandla omoya e-United States wawungu-129,256 megawatts (MW). ITexas yahlala iqinile njengomholi ekusetshenzisweni kwamandla omoya, ilandelwa yi-Iowa ne-Oklahoma kusukela ekupheleni konyaka ka-2020.  Amandla kagesi avela emanzini angumkhiqizi wesibili ngobukhulu kagesi ovuselelekayo ezweni, akhiqiza cishe u-7.3% kagesi ophelele wesizwe ngo-2020 kanye no-36.4% wokukhiqizwa kukagesi ovuselelekayo. I-United States ingumkhiqizi wesine ngobukhulu wamandla kagesi avela emanzini emhlabeni ngemva kweChina, iCanada neBrazil.  Amandla elanga ahlinzeka ngengxenye ekhulayo kagesi ezweni, enamandla angaphezu kuka-50 GW akhiqiza cishe u-1.3% wokuphakelwa kukagesi okuphelele kwezwe ngo-2017, kusuka ku-0.9% ngonyaka owedlule. Ngo-2016, abantu abangaphezu kuka-260 000 babesebenza embonini yelanga kanti izifundazwe ezingu-43 zazisebenzisa imitha yokulinganisa, lapho izinkampani zikagesi zazithenga khona amandla angaphezu kwalawo akhiqizwa ama-solar array. Izitshalo ezinkulu zamandla kagesi e-United States zifaka i-Mount Signal Solar (600 MW) ne-Solar Star (579 MW). Kusukela i - United States yaqala ukusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe bokuphehla amandla elanga ngawo - 1980 nge - Solar One, kuye kwakhiwa ezinye izikhungo eziningi ezinjalo. Izikhungo ezinkulu kunazo zonke zalezi zikhungo zamandla okushisa elanga yi-Ivanpah Solar Power Facility (392 MW), eningizimu-ntshonalanga yeLas Vegas, kanye neqembu lezitshalo ze-SEGS ehlane laseMojave, elinamandla aphelele okukhiqiza ama-354 MW.  Eminye imithombo yamandla avuselelekayo ihlanganisa i-geothermal, ne-The Geysers eNyakatho California eyinkimbinkimbi enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni.  NgokukaMongameli wangaphambili uBarack Obama, ukuthuthukiswa kwamandla avuselelekayo nokusetshenziswa kahle kwamandla kwaphawula "inkathi entsha yokuhlola amandla" e-United States. Enkulumweni ayisho ehlangene neCongress ngo-February 24, 2009, uMongameli u-Obama wanxusa ukuba kuphindwe kabili ukusetshenziswa kwamandla avuselelekayo phakathi neminyaka emithathu eyalandela. Amandla avuselelekayo afinyelela ingqophamlando enkulu kwikota yokuqala ka-2011, lapho afinyelela ku-11,7% womkhiqizo wamandla kazwelonke (660 TWh), edlula ukukhiqizwa kwamandla avela emandleni enuzi (620 TWh) okokuqala ngqa kusukela ngo-1997. Enkulumweni yakhe ka-2012 kaZwelonke, uMongameli uBarack Obama waphinde waqinisekisa ukuzibophezela kwakhe emandleni avuselelekayo futhi wakhuluma ngokuzibophezela kwesikhathi eside koMnyango Wezangaphakathi ukuvumela amaphrojekthi kagesi avuselelekayo angama-MW ayi-10,000 emhlabathini womphakathi ngo-2012.