Amazwe Nezindawo ZasePacific Island (PICTs) aya ngokuya ephendukela emithonjeni yamandla avuselelekayo ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukuphepha kwamandla, kuncishiswe ukuthembela kumafutha angeniswa kwamanye amazwe, futhi kulungiswe ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu. Phakathi kwezinketho ezahlukene ezivuselelekayo, amandla kagesi angaphansi kwamanzi—ikakhulukazi amandla amancane angaphansi kwamanzi (SHP)—avelele ngenxa yokuthembeka kwawo kanye nokusebenza kahle kwezindleko.
Isimo Samanje Sogesi Wamanzi
IFiji: IFiji yenze intuthuko ebalulekile ekuthuthukisweni kwamandla kagesi. Isiteshi sikagesi iNadarivatu Hydropower, esaqalwa ukusebenza ngo-2012, sinamandla angu-41.7 MW futhi sinikeza ugesi omkhulu ezweni.
I-Papua New Guinea (PNG): I-PNG inomthamo we-SHP ofakiwe ongu-41 MW, kanye nekhono elilinganiselwa ku-153 MW. Lokhu kubonisa ukuthi cishe u-27% wamandla e-SHP asethuthukisiwe. Izwe lisebenza ngenkuthalo kumaphrojekthi afana nesitshalo se-Ramazon esingu-3 MW kanye nomunye umsebenzi we-10 MW oqhutshwa izifundo zokuthi kungenzeka yini.
ISamoa: Umthamo we-SHP yaseSamoa umi ku-15.5 MW, kanti amandla aphelele alinganiselwa ku-22 MW. Amandla kagesi angaphansi kwamanzi ake ahlinzeka ngaphezu kuka-85% kagesi wezwe, kodwa lesi sabelo sehlile ngenxa yokukhula kwesidingo. Amaphrojekthi okuvuselela asanda kuvuselela axhume kabusha umthamo we-SHP ongu-4.69 MW kugridi, okuqinisekisa indima yamandla kagesi angaphansi kwamanzi njengomthombo wamandla ongabizi kakhulu.
Iziqhingi zaseSolomon: Njengoba i-SHP inamandla angu-361 kW kanye namandla angu-11 MW, cishe u-3% kuphela osetshenzisiwe. Izwe lithuthukisa amaphrojekthi afana nesitshalo sikagesi esincane saseBeulah esingu-30 kW. Okuphawulekayo ukuthi i-Tina River Hydropower Development Project, ukufakwa kukagesi ongu-15 MW, iyaqhubeka futhi kulindeleke ukuthi ihlinzeke ngo-65% wesidingo sikagesi saseHoniara uma sesiqediwe.
I-Vanuatu: Umthamo wokufakwa kwe-SHP e-Vanuatu ungu-1.3 MW, kanye nekhono lika-5.4 MW, okubonisa ukuthi cishe u-24% usuthuthukisiwe. Kunezinhlelo zokwakha izitshalo ezintsha ezingu-13 zamandla amancane angaphansi komhlaba ezilinganiselwa ku-1.5 MW. Kodwa-ke, ukuhlolwa kwendawo kudinga ukuqapha iminyaka eminingi ukuze kuhlolwe amandla kagesi angaphansi komhlaba kanye nezingozi zezikhukhula.
Izinselele Namathuba
Nakuba ugesi wamanzi unikeza izinzuzo eziningi, ama-PICT abhekene nezinselele ezifana nezindleko zokutshalwa kwezimali zokuqala eziphezulu, ubunzima bezokuthutha ngenxa yezindawo ezikude, kanye nokuba sengozini yokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu okubangelwa yisimo sezulu. Noma kunjalo, amathuba akhona ngokuxhaswa ngamazwe ngamazwe, intuthuko yezobuchwepheshe, kanye nokubambisana kwesifunda ukuze kunqotshwe lezi zithiyo.
Umbono Wesikhathi Esizayo
Ukuzibophezela kwezizwe zasePacific Island emandleni avuselelekayo kusobala, ngemigomo efana nokufinyelela amandla avuselelekayo angu-100% ngo-2030. Amandla kagesi asebenzisa amanzi, ngokuthembeka kwawo kanye nokusebenza kahle kwezindleko, akulungele ukudlala indima ebalulekile kulolu shintsho. Ukutshalwa kwezimali okuqhubekayo, ukwakha amandla, kanye nokuhlela okusimeme kuzobaluleka kakhulu ukuze kufezwe ngokugcwele amandla kagesi asebenzisa amanzi esifundeni.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Meyi-27-2025
