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Amandla oMbane aseMelika avule oko inkampani yamandla esekwe eColumbus iyibiza ngokuba yeyona fama yomoya enye enkulu eyakhiwe ngaxeshanye eMntla Melika.

Le projekthi iyinxalenye yenkqubo ye-multistated esusela kude kumafutha efosili.

Iziko le-998-megawatt Traverse Wind Energy Centre, elithatha imimandla emibini emantla embindini we-Oklahoma, liye lasebenza ngoMvulo kwaye ngoku libonelela ngamandla omoya kubathengi be-AEP's Public Service Company yase-Oklahoma e-Oklahoma, e-Arkansas nase-Louisiana.

I-Traverse inee 356 iiturbines eziphantse zibe ngama-300 ubude.Uninzi lwee-blades zinyuka ukuya kuthi ga malunga neemitha ezingama-400 ukuphakama.

I-Traverse yiprojekthi yomoya yesithathu neyokugqibela yeZibonelelo zaMandla kuMbindi oseMantla, ezivelisa iimegawathi ezili-1,484 zamandla omoya.

“I-Traverse yinxalenye yesahluko esilandelayo senguqu ye-AEP ukuya kwikamva lamandla acocekileyo.Ukusebenza kwezorhwebo kweTraverse – eyona fama yomoya inkulu eyakha yakhiwa kanye kuMntla Melika – kunye nokugqityezelwa kweZiko lezaMandla eliseMntla esembindini linyathelo elibalulekileyo kwiinzame zethu zokubonelela ngamandla acocekileyo, athembekileyo kubathengi bethu ngelixa sibagcina imali,” U-Nick Akins, usihlalo we-AEP, umongameli kunye ne-CEO, uthe kwingxelo.

Ngaphaya kweTraverse, uMntla woMbindi uquka i-199-megawatt Sundance kunye neeprojekthi zomoya zeMaverick ezingama-287-megawatt.Ezi projekthi zimbini zaqala ukusebenza ngo-2021.

Ezinye iiprojekthi zomoya esizweni bezinkulu kuneTraverse, kodwa i-AEP ithe ezo projekthi ngokwenene ziiprojekthi ezininzi ezakhiwe kwinani leminyaka emva koko zadityaniswa.Yintoni eyahlukileyo nge-Traverse kukuba yi-AEP ithi iprojekthi yakhiwe kwaye ingene kwi-intanethi ngexesha elinye.

Ezi projekthi zintathu zixabisa i-2 yeebhiliyoni zeedola.Inkampani yamandla ahlaziyekayo i-Invenergy, ephuhlisa iiprojekthi zomoya ezininzi eOhio, yakha iprojekthi e-Oklahoma.

I-AEP inama-31,000 eemegawathi zomthamo wokuvelisa, kubandakanywa ngaphezu kwe-7,100 yeemegawathi zamandla ahlaziyekayo.

I-AEP ithi isendleleni yokuba nesiqingatha somthamo wayo wokuvelisa ukusuka kwimithombo evuselelekayo ngo-2030 kwaye isendleleni yokunciphisa ukukhutshwa kwekharbon diokside ngama-80% ukusuka kumanqanaba ka-2000 ngo-2050.