American Electric Power yatsegula zomwe kampani yamagetsi yochokera ku Columbus imatcha famu yayikulu kwambiri yamphepo yomwe idamangidwa nthawi imodzi ku North America.
Pulojekitiyi ndi imodzi mwamabungwe amitundu yosiyanasiyana omwe achoka kumafuta oyambira.
The 998-megawatt Traverse Wind Energy Center, yomwe imadutsa zigawo ziwiri kumpoto chapakati Oklahoma, idayamba kugwira ntchito Lolemba ndipo tsopano ikupereka mphamvu zamphepo kwa makasitomala a AEP's Public Service Company of Oklahoma ku Oklahoma, Arkansas ndi Louisiana.
Traverse ili ndi ma turbines 356 omwe ndi otalika pafupifupi 300 mapazi.Masamba ambiri amafika kutalika kwa mamita 400.
Traverse ndi projekiti yachitatu komanso yomaliza yamphepo ya North Central Energy Facilities, yomwe imapanga ma megawati 1,484 amphamvu yamphepo.
“Traverse ndi gawo la mutu wotsatira wa kusintha kwa AEP kupita ku tsogolo labwino lamphamvu.Ntchito yamalonda ya Traverse - famu yayikulu kwambiri yamphepo yomwe idamangidwapo nthawi imodzi ku North America - komanso kumalizidwa kwa North Central Energy Facilities ndi gawo lofunika kwambiri poyesetsa kupereka mphamvu zoyera, zodalirika kwa makasitomala athu pomwe tikuwasungira ndalama," Nick Akins, wapampando wa AEP, Purezidenti ndi CEO, adatero m'mawu ake.
Beyond Traverse, North Central ikuphatikizapo 199-megawatt Sundance ndi 287-megawatt Maverick wind project.Ntchito ziwirizi zidayamba kugwira ntchito mu 2021.
Ntchito zina zamphepo mdziko muno zakhala zazikulu kuposa za Traverse, koma AEP idati mapulojekitiwa ndi ma projekiti angapo omwe adamangidwa kwazaka zingapo kenako amalumikizana.Chosiyana ndi Traverse ndikuti ndi AEP akuti pulojekitiyi idamangidwa ndipo idabwera pa intaneti nthawi imodzi.
Ntchito zitatuzi zidawononga $ 2 biliyoni.Kampani yamagetsi yowonjezereka ya Invenergy, yomwe ikupanga ntchito zingapo zamphepo ku Ohio, idamanga ntchitoyi ku Oklahoma.
AEP ili ndi mphamvu zopangira ma megawati 31,000, kuphatikiza ma megawati opitilira 7,100 a mphamvu zongowonjezedwanso.
AEP yati ili m'njira yoti ikhale ndi theka la mphamvu zake zopangira zinthu zongowonjezwdwa pofika chaka cha 2030 komanso kuti ili m'njira yochepetsa kutulutsa mpweya wa carbon dioxide ndi 80% kuchokera ku 2000 pofika 2050.
Nthawi yotumiza: Apr-03-2019
