Abantu abayizigidi ezingama-600 e-Afrika baphila bengenawo ugesi, okusho cishe ama-48% engqikithi yabantu base-Afrika. Amandla okuphakelwa kukagesi e-Afrika nawo abuye abe buthaka ngenxa yemiphumela ehlangene yobhubhane lwenyumoniya yaseNewcastle kanye nenkinga yezamandla emhlabeni wonke. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, i-Afrika iyizwekazi lesibili elinabantu abaningi futhi elikhula ngokushesha emhlabeni, njengoba linabantu abangaphezu kwengxenye yesine yabantu emhlabeni ngo-2050, futhi kubonakala sengathi i-Afrika izobhekana nengcindezi ekhulayo ekuthuthukisweni nasekusetshenzisweni kwamandla.

Umbiko wakamuva we-International Energy Agency, i-Africa Energy Outlook 2022, okhishwe ngoJuni nonyaka, ukhombisa ukuthi isibalo sabantu abangenawo ugesi e-Afrika senyuke ngezigidi ezingama-25 kusukela ngo-2021, kanti isibalo sabantu abangenawo ugesi e-Afrika sikhuphuke cishe ngo-4% uma kuqhathaniswa no-2019. umthwalo abawubeka emazweni ase-Afrika.

Kodwa ngesikhathi esifanayo, i-Afrika inamaphesenti angama-60 wemithombo yamandla elanga emhlabeni, kanye neminye imithombo eminingi yamandla omoya, i-geothermal, ugesi wamanzi kanye neminye imithombo yamandla avuselelekayo, okwenza i-Afrika ibe yindawo yokugcina yamandla avuselelekayo emhlabeni wonke ayikathuthukiswa ngezinga elikhulu. Ngokusho kwe-IRENA, ngo-2030, i-Afrika ingase ihlangabezane cishe nengxenye yesine yezidingo zayo zamandla ngokusebenzisa imithombo yendabuko, ehlanzekile evuselelekayo yamandla. Ukusiza i-Afrika ukuthi ithuthukise le mithombo yamandla aluhlaza ukuze kuzuze abantu bayo kungenye yemishini yezinkampani zaseShayina eziya e-Afrika namuhla, futhi izinkampani zaseShayina zifakazela ukuthi zenza umsebenzi wazo ngezenzo zazo ezingokoqobo.

Isigaba sesibili sephrojekthi yesignali ye-solar-powered e-Abuja, inhloko-dolobha yaseNigeria, ibambe umcimbi omkhulu e-Abuja ngo-September 13. Ngokusho kwemibiko, usizo lwe-China kuphrojekthi yesignali ye-Abuja yelanga yelanga ihlukaniswe izigaba ezimbili, iphrojekthi eqediwe i-74 ye-intersections yesignali ye-solar traffic, ngo-September 2015 ngemva kokudluliselwa kokusebenza okuhle. I-China ne-Nigeria basayine isivumelwano sokubambisana sesigaba sesibili salo msebenzi ngo-2021 sokwakha izimpawu zomgwaqo ezisebenza ngamandla elanga ezimpambanweni zomgwaqo ezingu-98 ezisele endaweni yenhloko-dolobha ukuze kufinyelelwe zonke iziphambano zomgwaqo endaweni engagadiwe. Manje iChina yenza okuhle esithembisweni sayo eNigeria sokuqhubeka nokukhanyisa imigwaqo yenhloko-dolobha i-Abuja ngamandla elanga.

NgoJuni kulo nyaka, isikhungo sokuqala samandla e-photovoltaic e-Central African Republic, i-Sakai photovoltaic power plant, sixhunywe kugridi, isikhungo samandla yi-China Energy Construction Tianjin Electric Power Construction General Contractor, esinomthamo ofakiwe we-15 MW, ukuqedwa kwayo kungahlangabezana ne-30% yesidingo sikagesi enhloko-dolobha yase-Afrika Ephakathi, i-Bangui, ekhuthaza kakhulu ukuthuthukiswa kwezenhlalakahle nezomnotho. Isikhathi esifushane sokwakhiwa kwephrojekthi yesikhungo sokuphehla ugesi se-PV siluhlaza futhi sivumelana nemvelo, futhi umthamo omkhulu ofakiwe ungaxazulula ngokushesha inkinga yokushoda kukagesi wendawo. Lo msebenzi unikeze namathuba emisebenzi angaba ngu-700 phakathi nenqubo yokwakha, usize abasebenzi bendawo ukuba bakwazi amakhono ahlukahlukene.

Nakuba i-Afrika inamaphesenti angama-60 wemithombo yamandla elanga emhlabeni, inamaphesenti angu-1 kuphela emishini yokuphehla ugesi we-photovoltaic, okubonisa ukuthi ukuthuthukiswa kwamandla avuselelekayo, ikakhulukazi amandla elanga, e-Afrika kuyathembisa kakhulu. I-United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) ikhiphe "Global Status Report on Renewable Energy 2022" ikhombisa ukuthi naphezu komthelela wobhubhane lwenyumoniya yaseNewcastle, i-Afrika isazoqhubeka nokudayisa imikhiqizo yelanga eyizigidi eziyisi-7.4 ngo-2021, okuyenza ibe imakethe enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni. ikleliswe endaweni yesibili ngamayunithi angama-439,000 athengisiwe e-Afrika ePhakathi nase-Afrika eseNingizimu, iZambia ikhuphuke ngamaphesenti angama-77, iRwanda yakhuphuka ngamaphesenti angama-30 kwathi i-Tanzania yakhuphuka ngamaphesenti ayi-9 eNtshonalanga Afrika, isikali sincane uma kuqhathaniswa nonyaka, isifunda sase-Afrika singenise isamba esingu-1.6GW samamojula we-PV ngonyaka ongu-4.

Kuyabonakala ukuthi imikhiqizo eyi-ancillary ehlobene ne-PV inemakethe enkulu e-Afrika. Isibonelo, inkampani yaseShayina i-Huawei's Digital Power yethule uhla olugcwele lwe-FusionSolar smart PV kanye nezixazululo zesistimu yokugcina amandla emakethe ye-Afrika engaphansi kweSahara e-Solar Power Africa 2022. Izixazululo zihlanganisa i-FusionSolar Smart PV Solution 6.0+, eyenza izinhlelo ze-PV zivumelane nezimo ezihlukahlukene zegridi, ikakhulukazi ezindaweni ezibuthakathaka zegridi. Ngaleso sikhathi, i-Residential Smart PV Solution kanye ne-Commercial & Industrial Smart PV Solution zinikeza uhla olugcwele lokuzizwisa kwamandla ahlanzekile ezindlini namabhizinisi, ngokulandelana, okuhlanganisa ukwenziwa ngcono kwebhili, ukuphepha okuqinile, ukusebenza okuhlakaniphile nokunakekelwa, kanye nosizo oluhlakaniphile lokuthuthukisa ulwazi. Lezi zixazululo zisiza kakhulu ekuqhubekiseni ukwamukelwa okusabalele kwamandla avuselelekayo kuyo yonke i-Afrika.

Kukhona nemikhiqizo ehlukahlukene yokuhlala ye-PV eyasungulwa amaShayina, nayo edume kakhulu kubantu base-Afrika. EKenya, ibhayisikili elisebenza ngelanga elingasetshenziselwa ukuthutha nokudayisa izimpahla emgwaqeni lithola ukuthandwa kwendawo; ojosaka belanga kanye nezambulela ezisebenza ngelanga zithengiswa kahle emakethe yaseNingizimu Afrika, futhi le mikhiqizo ingasetshenziselwa ukushaja nokukhanyisa ngaphezu kwayo, elungele imvelo yendawo kanye nemakethe e-Afrika.

Ukuze i-Afrika isebenzise kangcono amandla avuselelwayo, okuhlanganisa amandla elanga, futhi kukhuthaze uzinzo kwezomnotho, i-China kuze kube manje isifeze amakhulukhulu emiklamo yezamandla ahlanzekile kanye nentuthuko eluhlaza ngaphakathi kohlaka lweForamu Yokubambisana Kwe-China-Afrika, ukusekela amazwe ase-Afrika ukuthi asebenzise kangcono izinzuzo zamandla elanga, amandla kagesi, amandla omoya, i-biogas namanye amandla ahlanzekile, kanye nokusiza i-Afrika ukuthi iqhubekele phambili nentuthuko eqhubekayo nokuzimela.