Amazwe Nezindawo Zeziqhingi Zase-Pacific (PICTs) ziya ngokuya ziphendukela emithonjeni yamandla avuselelekayo ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukuvikeleka kwamandla, ukunciphisa ukuthembela kumafutha avela kwamanye amazwe, kanye nokubhekana nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu. Phakathi kwezinketho ezihlukahlukene ezivuselelekayo, amandla kagesi—ikakhulukazi amandla amancane wamanzi (SHP)—ayagqama ngenxa yokwethembeka kwawo kanye nokusebenza kahle kwezindleko.
Isimo samanje se-Hydropower
I-Fiji: I-Fiji yenze intuthuko enkulu ekuthuthukisweni kwamandla kagesi. Isiteshi sikagesi iNadarivatu Hydropower Station, esasebenza ngo-2012, sinamandla angu-41.7 MW futhi sineqhaza elikhulu ekuphakeleni kukagesi esizweni.
I-Papua New Guinea (PNG): I-PNG inomthamo we-SHP ofakiwe we-41 MW, namandla alinganiselwe we-153 MW. Lokhu kukhombisa ukuthi cishe ama-27% amandla e-SHP asethuthukisiwe. Izwe lisebenza ngenkuthalo kumaphrojekthi afana nemboni ye-3 MW Ramazon kanye nomunye umklamo we-10 MW oqhutshwa izifundo zokungenzeka.
I-Samoa: Umthamo we-SHP yase-Samoa umi ku-15.5 MW, namandla aphelele alinganiselwa ku-22 MW. I-Hydropower yake yahlinzeka ngogesi ongaphezu kwama-85% wezwe, kodwa lesi sabelo sehlile ngenxa yokukhula kwesidingo. Amaphrojekthi akamuva okuvuselela axhume kabusha amandla angu-4.69 MW we-SHP kugridi, aqinisekisa kabusha indima kagesi ophehlwa ngamanzi njengomthombo wamandla ongabizi kakhulu .
I-Solomon Islands: Ngomthamo ofakiwe we-SHP wama-361 kW namandla angu-11 MW, cishe u-3% kuphela osetshenzisiwe. Izwe lithuthukisa amaphrojekthi afana nesikhungo sokuphehla ugesi samanzi amancane i-Beulah esingu-30 kW. Ngokuphawulekayo, i-Tina River Hydropower Development Project, ukufakwa kwe-15 MW, iyaqhubeka futhi kulindeleke ukuthi ihlinzekele u-65% wesidingo sikagesi sase-Honiara lapho isiqediwe.
I-Vanuatu: I-SHP ye-SHP yase-Vanuatu efakiwe ingu-1.3 MW, enamandla angu-5.4 MW, okubonisa ukuthi cishe ama-24% asethuthukisiwe. Kunezinhlelo zokwakha izizinda ezintsha zamandla kagesi ezincane eziyi-13 ezingaba ngu-1.5 MW. Kodwa-ke, ukuhlolwa kwesizinda kudinga ukuqapha iminyaka eminingi ukuze kuhlolwe amandla aphehlwa ngamanzi kanye nezingozi zezikhukhula .
Izinselelo Namathuba
Nakuba amandla kagesi anikeza izinzuzo eziningi, ama-PICT abhekana nezinselele ezifana nezindleko eziphezulu zokutshala izimali, ubunzima bokusebenza ngenxa yezindawo ezikude, nokuba sengozini kokuhlukahluka kwesimo sezulu okubangelwa isimo sezulu. Noma kunjalo, amathuba akhona ngoxhaso lwamazwe ngamazwe, intuthuko yezobuchwepheshe, nokubambisana kwesifunda ukuze kunqotshwe lezi zithiyo.
Ikusasa Outlook
Ukuzinikela kwezizwe zaseziQhingini zasePacific kumandla avuselelekayo kuyabonakala, okuhloswe ngakho njengokuzuza amandla avuselelekayo angu-100% ngo-2030. Amandla kagesi, ngokwethembeka nokusebenza kahle kwezindleko, alungele ukudlala indima ebalulekile kulolu shintsho. Ukutshalwa kwezimali okuqhubekayo, ukwakhiwa kwamandla, kanye nokuhlela okusimeme kuzobaluleka ukuze kufezeke ngokugcwele amandla okuphehla ugesi ngamanzi esifundeni.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: May-27-2025
