Zonke iinkqubo zeSerena Hotels zihambelana neNjongo yoPhuhliso oluZinzileyo (SDG) ebekwe yiNkqubo yoPhuhliso yeZizwe eziManyeneyo. Iziko elitsha lombane lelanga iKilaguni Serena Safari Lodge lilungelelaniswe ngokukodwa “ne-SDG 13 Climate Action” – ngenjongo yokulwa nokutshintsha kwemozulu kunye nefuthe lako kokusingqongileyo.
Iihotele zaseSerena kunye ne-Mettle Solar OFGEN zivule ngokusesikweni “iNdawo yokuQala yokuQala ngokuPheleleyo yoMbane weSola yaseKenya.” IKilaguni Serena Safari Lodge, ekwiPaki yeSizwe yaseTsavo West, iphumeze umzi-mveliso wamandla elanga opheleleyo ukuze ibonelele ngeemfuno zayo zamandla kunye nokwandisa uzinzo lokusingqongileyo. Umzi-mveliso wamandla elanga ufakwe phantsi kolungiselelo lokuqeshisa kwaye uvelisa i-307kWp kusetyenziswa ubuchwepheshe be-SMA Solar off-grid ene-670kWh yokugcina ibhetri ye-lead esebenzisekayo, ekwaziyo ukubonelela ngeemfuno zamandla zizonke zeKilaguni Serena Safari Lodge ngexesha lemozulu eqhelekileyo. Ngexesha lemozulu embi, iimfuno zamandla ezongezelelweyo zihlangatyezwana kusetyenziswa iijeneretha zedizili ezidityanisiweyo ezazifudula zingumthombo oyintloko wamandla ngaphambi kokugunyaziswa kwesityalo selanga ngoJulayi 2017.
UMnu. Francois Van Themaat, uMlawuli oLawulayo, iMettle Solar OFGEN uthi, “Le yenye yeeprojekthi zethu zokuqala kushishino lokwamkela iindwendwe. Kululoyiso olukhulu kwiKenya ukufumana iprojekthi eyothusayo ngolu hlobo, eqhubekayo. Oku kuthathe iinzame zabaphandi bethu, iinjineli, ababoneleli kunye noRhulumente waseKenya kwaye sijonge phambili ekusebenzisaneni neeHotele zaseSerena kwiiprojekthi ezakhayo.
IKilaguni Serena Safari Lodge, ngo-Okthobha ngowama-2018 iphumelele iMbasa eKhethekileyo; "Ityala leShishini elingaqhelekanga kunye ne-CSR", kumsitho osemthethweni weGlobal Best Practice Awards 2018 eMilan, eItali. I-Kilaguni Serena iphumelele eli wonga ngokusebenzisa izenzo ezilungele indalo ekuboneleleni ngokhathalelo lobuchwephesha belaphu ngokugcinakala kunye neenkonzo zokuhlamba iimpahla ezonga amandla njengesiphumo seSolar Power Plant. Ukubandakanya ulwazi lwedatha yembali yamandla kwisicwangciso sethu soshishino yenye yezinto eziphambili eziqhube uhambo lwethu ukusuka ekusebenziseni amandla asekelwe kwifosili ukuya kwimithombo yamandla ahlaziyekayo nesebenzayo efana nokufakelwa kweziko lombane welanga.
UMnu. Mahmud Jan Mohamed, uMlawuli oLawulayo, iSerena Hotels wongeze ilizwi lakhe xa wayesithi: “Inkampani iyaqhubeka nokugxila kwiinkqubo ezintsha ezisabela kwiimfuno zemo engqongileyo, uqoqosho kunye noluntu apho isebenza khona – imigaqo esisiseko yoZinzo. ”. Wongeze wathi, “Imfuno yabahambi bendalo iyakhula kwaye uSerena uyaqhubeka nokulungelelanisa imodeli yakhe yeshishini ukuze ahlangabezane namava ohambo lwendalo kunye nokulindelwe lundwendwe lwanamhlanje. Icandelo lehotele linamandla amakhulu kwaye nangona libekwe kude epakini; sikwazile ngempumelelo ukusebenzisa umthombo wamandla ohlaziyekayo ococekileyo ukuze siqhube ngokupheleleyo imisebenzi yokulala.”
Inkqubo yelanga ye-off-grid yi-Mettle Solar OFGEN iphunyezwe kwiipropati ezimbini; IAmboseli Serena Safari Lodge eneyona nkqubo yokuqala yeTesla Inverter/Battery System eKenya kunye neyona nkqubo inkulu yebhetri eMpuma Afrika, ngelixa iKilaguni Serena Safari Lodge's solar plant yamkelwa njengeyona Nkqubo yeSolar PV enkulu yaseKenya kwitracker. Ukongeza, iifemu zigunyazise iiprojekthi ezimbini ezixubileyo ekuqaleni kukaFebruwari 2018 eLake Elmenteita Serena Camp kunye neSweetwaters Serena Camp. Kwiminyaka ezayo, ezi nkqubo ziya kwenza ukuba iSerena Hotels yenze imitsi emikhulu ekunciphiseni iindleko zayo zokusebenza kunye nokuprintwa kwekhabhoni ngaloo ndlela ibe negalelo kwimekobume esempilweni ngoku nakwizizukulwana zethu ezizayo.
UMnu. Thorsten Ronge, uMlawuli oLawulayo, we-SMA Solar Technology South Africa uthe:, “Iiprojekthi zijolise kubonelelo lwamandla olukhuselekileyo nolungenabungozi kokusingqongileyo bubungqina bombono we-SMA 'wokuvelisa amandla apho afuneka khona'. Siyazingca ukuba iziguquli zebhetri zeSunny Island, ezithe zathunyelwa kwihlabathi phantse iminyaka engamashumi amabini ukuze zenze umbane ococekileyo nothembekileyo kwiindawo ezikude, zenza intliziyo nengqondo yofakelo lwelanga lweKilaguni ngaphandle kwegrid. I-SMA ivuyisana neSerena Hotels kunye ne-Mettle Solar OFGEN ngale projekthi imangalisayo kunye nokunika amandla elanga kwi-safari lodge eyimbali.
Ngokweerekhodi zedatha yesityalo samandla elanga, iitoni ze-467 ze-carbon dioxide ziye zagwenywa ukususela kwiinyanga ze-15 zokugqibela zofakelo. Ukukhupha le carbon dioxide kwimekobume ngokwendalo kwisithuba seminyaka eli-10 kufuneka kutyalwe imithi engama-37,399. Amaziko ombane elanga ancedisana nephulo lokutyala imithi eSerena East Africa esele lenze iminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amabini.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Ukubandakanya ulwazi lwedatha yembali yamandla kwisicwangciso sethu soshishino yenye yezinto eziphambili eziqhube uhambo lwethu ukusuka ekusebenziseni amandla asekelwe kwifosili ukuya kwimithombo yamandla ahlaziyekayo nesebenzayo efana nokufakelwa kweziko lombane welanga.
- Kwiminyaka ezayo, ezi nkqubo ziya kwenza ukuba iSerena Hotels yenze inkqubela phambili ekucutheni iindleko zayo zokusebenza kunye nokuprintwa kwekhabhoni oko kube negalelo kwimekobume esempilweni ngoku nakwizizukulwana zethu ezizayo.
- Umzi-mveliso wamandla elanga ufakwe phantsi kolungiselelo lokuqeshisa kwaye uvelisa i-307kWp kusetyenziswa ubuchwepheshe be-SMA Solar off-grid ene-670kWh yokugcina ibhetri ye-lead esebenzisekayo, ekwaziyo ukubonelela ngeemfuno zamandla zizonke zeKilaguni Serena Safari Lodge ngexesha lemozulu eqhelekileyo.
