Ua wehe ka American Electric Power i ka mea i kapa ʻia e ka hui mana ʻo Columbus ʻo ka māla makani nui loa i kūkulu ʻia i hoʻokahi manawa ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau.
ʻO ka papahana kahi ʻāpana o ka neʻe ʻana o ka multistate utility mai nā wahie fossil.
ʻO ka 998-megawatt Traverse Wind Energy Center, ka mea e holo ana i ʻelua mau kalana ma ka ʻākau waena o Oklahoma, ua hele i ka lawelawe i ka Pōʻakahi a ke hāʻawi nei i kēia manawa i ka mana makani i nā mea kūʻai aku o AEP's Public Service Company o Oklahoma ma Oklahoma, Arkansas a me Louisiana.
Loaʻa iā Traverse 356 turbines ma kahi o 300 kapuaʻi ke kiʻekiʻe.ʻO ka hapa nui o nā lau e piʻi i kahi kokoke i 400 kapuaʻi ke kiʻekiʻe.
ʻO Traverse ke kolu a me ka papahana makani hope loa o North Central Energy Facilities, nāna e hoʻopuka i 1,484 megawatts o ka mana makani.
“He ʻāpana ʻo Traverse o ka mokuna aʻe o ka hoʻololi ʻana o AEP i kahi ikehu maʻemaʻe e hiki mai ana.ʻO ka hana pāʻoihana o Traverse - ka mahiʻai makani nui loa i kūkulu ʻia i ka manawa hoʻokahi ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau - a ʻo ka hoʻopau ʻana o ka North Central Energy Facilities he mea nui ia i kā mākou hoʻoikaika ʻana e hāʻawi i ka mana maʻemaʻe a hilinaʻi i kā mākou mea kūʻai aku i ka mālama ʻana i ke kālā, " ʻO Nick Akins, ka luna o ka AEP, ka pelekikena a me ka Luna Nui, i ʻōlelo ʻia ma kahi ʻōlelo.
Ma waho aʻe o Traverse, aia ma ka ʻĀkau ʻĀkau ka 199-megawatt Sundance a me 287-megawatt Maverick makani pāhana.Ua hoʻomaka kēlā mau papahana ʻelua i ka hana ma 2021.
Ua ʻoi aku ka nui o nā papahana makani ʻē aʻe ma ka lāhui ma mua o Traverse, akā ua ʻōlelo ʻo AEP ʻo ia mau papahana he mau papahana i kūkulu ʻia i kekahi mau makahiki a laila hui pū ʻia.ʻO ka mea ʻokoʻa e pili ana iā Traverse ʻo ia ka ʻōlelo a AEP ua kūkulu ʻia ka papahana a ua hele mai ma ka pūnaewele i ka manawa hoʻokahi.
Ua kūʻai ʻia nā papahana ʻekolu i $2 biliona.ʻO ka hui ʻenehana hou hou ʻo Invenergy, ka mea e hoʻomohala nei i kekahi mau papahana makani ma Ohio, i kūkulu i ka papahana ma Oklahoma.
Loaʻa iā AEP he 31,000 megawatts o ka mana hana, me ka ʻoi aku o 7,100 megawatts o ka ikehu hou.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo AEP aia ma ke ala e loaʻa ai ka hapalua o kona hiki ke hoʻohua mai nā kumu hou i ka makahiki 2030 a aia ʻo ia ma ke ala e hōʻemi i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o carbon dioxide e 80% mai nā pae 2000 e 2050.
Ka manawa kau: Apr-03-2019
