Uhulumeni wase-UK umemezele ngo-Okthoba 15 ukuthi uhlose ukushicilela isu elisha le-biomass ngo-2022. I-UK Renewable Energy Association isamukele lesi simemezelo, igcizelela ukuthi i-bioenergy ibalulekile ekuguqukeni kwe-renewables.

UMnyango Wezamabhizinisi, Amandla kanye Necebo Lezimboni wase-UK uzibophezele ekuthuthukiseni isu elisha le-bioenergy ekuphenduleni kwawo umbiko wenqubekelaphambili ka-2020 weKomidi Lokushintsha Kwesimo Sezulu, owashicilelwa ngoJuni. Umbiko we-CCC ukhuluma ngenqubekelaphambili ekwehliseni ukukhishwa kwegesi e-UK futhi uhlola umsebenzi kahulumeni wokunciphisa ukuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu.

Ngaphakathi kombiko wayo wenqubekelaphambili, i-CCC icele ukuthi isu lase-UK le-biomass livuselelwe ngokuhambisana nezincomo ngokubusa, ukuqapha kanye nokusetshenziswa kahle okuvela embikweni we-CCC we-biomass wezi-2018 kanye nombiko wokusetshenziswa komhlaba wezi-2020. I-CCC ithe isu elivuselelwe kufanele libandakanye ukucutshungulwa kokusetshenziswa okungcono kakhulu kwemithombo yemvelo nokumoshayo kuze kube u-2050, okuhlanganisa ukhuni ekwakhiweni kanye nomnotho obanzi we-bioeconomy; indima yokubamba kanye nokugcinwa kwekhabhoni (CCS) kanye nezimfuneko zokulungela i-CCS, nezinsuku ezicacile zokuthi i-CCS izodinga ukuhlanganiswa kuzo zonke izindawo ze-biomass kanye nemfucuza; I-UK kanye nokubusa kwamazwe ngamazwe phezu kwe-biomass feedstocks; amasu okusekela, okuhlanganisa ukususwa nokuthathwa kwe-carbon dioxide; i-aviation biofuels kanye nokukhiqizwa kwe-UK ye-biomass feedstocks.

Empendulweni yayo, i-BEIS ithe ihlose ukushicilela isu elisha le-biomass ngo-2022. Lelo su elivuselelwe kulindeleke ukuthi lakhele phezu kwesu lika-2012 lase-UK le-bioenergy futhi lizohlose ukuhlanganisa iminyango eminingi imigomo yayo yokuthi i-net zero ibandakanye ukusetshenziswa kwe-biomass esimeme. I-BEIS iphinde yathi izozicabangela izincomo ze-CCC njengoba ithuthukisa isu elivuselelwe futhi izobeka imininingwane eyengeziwe ephepheni layo elimhlophe lezamandla. Ukubuyekezwa kwenqubekelaphambili kulindeleke ukuthi kukhishwe ngonyaka ozayo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-BEIS ithe izokwethula isimemo sokuthola ubufakazi mayelana nezinqubo zokusekela zokususwa kwegesi ebamba ukushisa (GGR) ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kulo nyaka ezizohlola kokubili izinketho zesikhathi eside nezesikhathi esifushane ze-GGR, okuhlanganisa namandla e-bioenergy ne-carbon capture and storage (BECCS).

“Siyayiqaphela impendulo kaHulumeni embikweni we-CCC futhi siyakwamukela ngokuqinile ukuzibophezela kukahulumeni okusha ekuletheni i-Bioenergy Strategy yase-UK ebuyekeziwe, ngokuhambisana nesincomo seKomidi Lokuguquguquka Kwesimo Sezulu nokwakhela phezu kweQhinga Le-Bioenergy eliholwa yi-REA, elanyatheliswa ngonyaka odlule,” kusho uNina Skorupska, isikhulu esiphezulu se-REA.

Ngokusho kwe-REA, i-bioenergy ibalulekile ekuguqukeni kokuvuselelwa kabusha. Leli qembu lithe indima ye-bioenergy ihlukahlukene, inikela ngesixazululo esisheshayo nesithengekayo ekuqedeni ukushisa nokuthutha, kuyilapho ihlinzeka ngamandla avuselelekayo angathunyelwa avumela ukuvikeleka kwamandla. Uma kwenziwa ngendlela eqhubekayo, i-REA ilinganisela ukuthi i-bioenergy ingahlangabezana namaphesenti angu-16 wamandla ayisisekelo ahlinzekwa ngo-2032 futhi yagcizelela ukuthi i-UK ngeke ihlangabezane nomgomo wayo we-net-zero ngaphandle kwayo.