Kwaphulwa irekhodi lomhlaba lenani lamapulangwe ezinkuni athwalwa yisitsha esisodwa. I-Pinnacle Renewable Energy ilayishe umkhumbi wezimpahla we-MG Kronos ongamathani angu-64,527 oya e-UK. Lo mkhumbi wempahla wePanamax uqashwe yi-Cargill futhi uhlelelwe ukulayishwa eNkampanini Yokuthumela Izimpahla ze-Fibreco ngoJulayi 18, 2020 ngosizo luka-Thor E. Brandrud wakwa-Simpson Spence Young. Irekhodi langaphambilini lamathani angama-63,907 laliphethwe umkhumbi wezimpahla "Zheng Zhi" owawulayishwe ngabakwaDrax Biomass eBaton Rouge ngoMashi kulo nyaka.

“Sijabule ngempela ukubuyisela leli rekhodi!” Iphini likamongameli omkhulu wePinnacle uVaughan Bassett uthe. "Lokhu kudinga inhlanganisela yezinto ezihlukahlukene ukuze kuzuzwe. Sidinga yonke imikhiqizo esesikhumulweni sezindiza, imikhumbi esezingeni eliphezulu, ukuphatha okuqeqeshiwe kanye nezimo ezifanele zokusalungiswa zePanama Canal."

Lo mkhuba oqhubekayo wokwenyuka kosayizi wempahla usiza ukunciphisa ukukhishwa kwesisi esibamba ukushisa ngethani lomkhiqizo ngamunye othunyelwa usuka oGwini oluseNtshonalanga. “Lesi isinyathelo esihle endleleni efanele,” kuphawula uBassett. “Amakhasimende ethu akwazisa kakhulu lokhu, hhayi nje ngenxa yesimo esithuthukisiwe, kodwa nangenxa yezindleko ezinkulu zokwethulwa kwempahla esikhumulweni sezindiza.”

Umongameli we-Fibreco u-Megan Owen-Evans uthe: "Nganoma isiphi isikhathi, singakwazi ukusiza amakhasimende ethu ukuthi afinyelele kuleli zinga lerekhodi. Lena into ithimba lethu eliziqhenya ngayo." I-Fibreco isesigabeni sokugcina sokuthuthukiswa okubalulekile kwetheminali, okuzosenza sikwazi ukuqhubeka nokuthuthukisa ibhizinisi lethu sibe sisebenzela amakhasimende ethu ngempumelelo kakhudlwana. Sijabula kakhulu ukwabelana ngale mpumelelo ne-Pinnacle Renewable Energy futhi sibahalalisele ngempumelelo yabo. ”

Umamukeli we-Drax PLC uzodla amapulangwe ezinkuni esiteshini sawo sikagesi e-Yorkshire, e-England. Lesi sitshalo sikhiqiza cishe u-12% kagesi ovuselelekayo wase-UK, iningi lawo elibhebhezelwa ngamapulangwe ezinkuni.

U-Gordon Murray, uMqondisi Omkhulu we-Canadian Wood Pellets Association, uthe, "Izimpumelelo ze-Pinnacle zijabulisa kakhulu! Njengoba lawa mapulangwe aseCanada azosetshenziswa e-UK ukukhiqiza ugesi osimeme, ovuselelekayo, onekhabhoni ephansi, futhi asize izwe ukuthi linciphise ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu. Imizamo yokugcina ukuphepha nokuzinza kwegridi kagesi."

Isikhulu esiphezulu kwaPinnacle, uRob McCurdy, uthe uyaziqhenya ngokuzibophezela kukaPinnacle ekwehliseni igesi ebamba ukushisa kwamapulangwe ezinkuni. Wathi: “Zonke izingxenye zalo lonke uhlelo zinenzuzo, ikakhulukazi lapho ukuthuthukiswa okwandayo kuba nzima nakakhulu ukukufeza. Ngaleso sikhathi, sasazi ukuthi senza konke okusemandleni ethu, okwangenza ngaziqhenya.”