Simba reSolar riri kuwedzera munyika yose, kusanganisira muIndiana.Makambani akaita seCummins naEli Lilly vanoda kudzikisa kabhoni tsoka.Zvishandiso zviri kumisa mafekitori emagetsi anobatidzwa nemarasha uye oatsiva neanogona kushandiswazve.
Asi kukura uku hakusi pamwero mukuru zvakadaro.Varidzi vedzimba vanodawo solar power.Vanoda kuderedza mabhiri emagetsi avo, vanoda kushandisa simba rakachena.
Mumakore maviri apfuura, kufarira uku kwakawedzera.Munguva yedenda, dzimba zhinji dziri kushandisa mamwe magetsi mudzimba dzadzo uye vari kutarisira kudzima mamwe acho nemagetsi ezuva.
Panguva iyi, chirongwa chehurumende chekuongorora magetsi net metering, icho chinopa vane simba remagetsi ezuva zvikwereti zvesimba rakadzoserwa mugetsi, chiri kunyangarikawo.Izvo zvese zvakakonzera mhirizhonga, akadaro Zach Schalk, director director weSolar United Neighbors muIndiana.
"Nehurombo, ndingati ichi chinhu chakanyatsopenya mumusoro mangu munguva yeCOVID," akadaro.
Ndosaka, mune ino edition yeScrub Hub, isu tinodenha iyo solar hoax.Ngatipindurei mibvunzo inotevera: chii?Ungavawana sei?
Takataura naSchalke tikatendeukira kune akasiyana zviwanikwa zvakaita seBetter Business Bureau kuti vape maIndia zvese zvavanoda kuziva nezvehutsotsi uhu.
Saka chii chaizvo chinonzi solar scam?Sekureva kwaSchalke, kazhinji hunyengeri uhwu hunozviratidza mumari.
Makambani ari kutora mukana wekupera kwemambure metering uye kusava nechokwadi pamusoro pemitero mitsva yevatengi vesolar padenga.
“Vanhu vazhinji vari kuyedza kuwana simba rezuva risati rasvika.Saka kana paine kushambadza kwese kwese kana mumwe munhu akauya pamusuwo wako, iyi ndiyo mhinduro iri nyore, "akadaro Schalke."Pakanga paine pfungwa yekukurumidzira, saka vanhu vakangomhanya."
Makambani mazhinji ari kuvimbisa kuisirwa magetsi ezuva nemutengo wakaderera kana mahara, achikwezva varidzi vedzimba kuti vapinde, kunyanya maIndia ane mari yepakati nepakati.Pane imwe nguva, vanoisa solar "vanotungamira vanhu kune zvigadzirwa zvavo zvemari, izvo zvinowanzova pamusoro pemitengo yemusika," akadaro Schalke.
MuIndiana, simba rezuva rekugara parizvino rinodhura madhora maviri kusvika kumadhora matatu pawatt.Asi maererano naSchalk, iyo inodhura skyrockets kusvika pamadhora mashanu kana kupfuura pawatt nekuda kwezvigadzirwa zvemari zvemakambani pamwe nekuwedzera mari.
"Ipapo maIndia akavharirwa muchibvumirano ichocho," akadaro."Saka havasi varidzi vedzimba chete vachiri nemagetsi avo, asi vanokwanisa kubhadhara mari inodarika yemagetsi avo mwedzi wega wega."
Better Business Bureau nguva pfupi yadarika yakapa chenjedzo yekunyengerera vanhu nezvehutsotsi hwemagetsi ezuva.Bureau yakati reps inopa "emahara solar panels" zvinogona kunge "zviri kukudyira nguva yakawanda."
BBB inoyambira kuti makambani dzimwe nguva anodawo kubhadhara mberi, achivimbisa varidzi vedzimba kuti vachabhadharwa kuburikidza nehurongwa hwehurumende husipo.
Nepo chikamu chemari chiri icho chinhu chakajairika chinokwezva vanhu vazhinji, kune zvakare akanyorwa zvakanaka nyaya apo scammers vanoenda mushure meruzivo rwemunhu kana vanhu vasina kurongeka kwepaneru yekuisa uye nyaya dzekuchengetedza.
Matambudziko nemari uye kuisirwa anogona kuonekwa nePink Energy, yaimbova Power Homes Solar.BBB yakagamuchira zvichemo zvinopfuura 1,500 pamusoro pekambani mumakore matatu apfuura, uye nyika dzakawanda dziri kuongorora Pink Energy, iyo yakavhara mwedzi wapera mushure memakore masere ekushanda.
Vatengi vanosungirirwa nekondirakiti dzemari dzinodhura, kubhadhara solar panel isingashande uye isingaburitse magetsi sezvakavimbiswa.
Aya matsotsi anogona kuzviratidza nenzira dzakasiyana.Pachave nezvakawanda zvinotumirwa uye kushambadza nezve akasiyana madhiri pamhepo uye pasocial media, mazhinji ayo anoda kuti iwe uise yekuonana uye ruzivo rwemunhu kuti uwane rumwe ruzivo.
Dzimwe nzira dzinosanganisira kuridza runhare kana kunyange kugogodza munhu pasuo nomumiririri.Schalke akati nzvimbo yake izere nemakambani anoita izvi - anotogogodza pamusuwo wake, zvisinei nekuti solar panels dziri kutoonekwa padenga rake.
Zvisinei nemaitiro aya, Schalke akati kune akati wandei mireza matsvuku anogona kubatsira varidzi vedzimba kuona matsotsi aya.
Chinhu chekutanga chaanoyambira kushambadza pasina kambani kana zita rechiratidzo.Kana ingori generic uye ichivimbisa hombe yezuva, ndicho chiratidzo chakanakisa chejenareta inotungamira, anodaro.Apa ndipo paunopinza ruzivo rwako kuitira kuti makambani akubate uye aedze kukutengesera solar installation.
Schalk zvakare inoyambira pamusoro pechero meseji kana zviziviso zvinoti kambani ine hurongwa hwakakosha kana iri kubatana nekambani yako yekushandisa.MuIndiana, chishandiso hachipi zvirongwa zvakakosha kana kudyidzana kwesimba rezuva, akadaro.
Naizvozvo, chero chinhu chine chekuita nemapurogiramu akadaro kana zvirimo zvinowanikwa “munzvimbo mako chete” hazvina kururama.Zvose kugadzira pfungwa yekukurumidzira uye kumanikidzwa.
Ichi chimwe chiratidzo cheyambiro chekutarisira, Schalke akadaro.Chinhu chipi nechipi chinoratidzika kuva chehasha kana kuti chinokurumidza kuita chisarudzo ipapo hachifaniri kuva.Makambani anoedza kuita izvi nekutaura kuti chimwe chinopihwa chinongowanikwa kwenguva pfupi kana kuti ivo vanongopa imwe sarudzo.
"Vane sarudzo yekusarudzika mari," akadaro Schalke, saka kana usingazive chekukumbira, haugone kuwana imwe nzira.
Izvi zvinogona kubvumira vanhu kuita sarudzo nechimbichimbi vasina kuita tsvakiridzo yakawanda kana kufunga kuti hapana sarudzo dziri nani.
Izvi zvakatungamirira Schalke kune chimwe chezvinhu zvekupedzisira zvaaida kuteerera: pie mudenga.Izvi zvinosanganisira zvinhu zvakaita semahara, kuisirwa mutengo wakaderera kana kunyange kuisirwa mahara - zvese zvakagadzirirwa kukwezva varidzi vedzimba asi zvichikanganisa mashandiro azvinoita.
Pamusoro pekukwanisa kuona matsotsi aya, pane zvinhu zvinogona kuitwa nevaridzi vemba kuti vadzivise kuwira kune imwe.
BBB inokurudzira kuti uite tsvagiridzo yako.Zvirongwa zvechokwadi zvekukurudzira uye makambani ezuva anoremekedzwa uye makondirakiti aripo, saka tsvaga mukurumbira wekambani nemakambani ekutsvagisa munharaunda yako usati wabvuma kupihwa usina kukumbirwa.
Vanoyambirawo varidzi vedzimba kuti varambe vakasimba uye kuti vasakundwa nemaitiro ekutengesa zvine huremu hwepamusoro.Makambani anosundidzira uye nekumanikidza zvakanyanya kudzamara vaita sarudzo, asi Schalke akati varidzi vedzimba vanofanirwa kutora nguva yavo uye kutora nguva yavo nekuti isarudzo yakakosha.
Iyo BBB inopawo zano varidzi vemba kuti vatore.Ivo vanokurudzira kubata akati wandei solar panel installers munzvimbo iyi uye kuwana zvinopihwa kubva kune yega yega - izvi zvichabatsira kuona zvinopihwa kubva kumakambani ari pamutemo uye izvo zvisiri.Schalke anokurudzirawo kuwana chinopihwa nekunyora.
Mushure mezvose, zano guru raSchalke nderokubvunza mibvunzo yakawanda.Bvunza nezve chero chikamu chekupihwa kana chibvumirano chausinganzwisise.Kana vakasapindura kana kubvumirana nemubvunzo, tora semureza mutsvuku.Schalk inokurudzirawo kudzidza nezve inorehwa ROI uye mafambiro avanoita kukosha kwehurongwa.
Solar United Neighbours zvakare chishandiso icho vese varidzi vemba vanofanirwa kushandisa, Schalke akadaro.Kunyangwe ukasashanda nesangano kana kuburikidza nesangano, unogona kuvabata mahara.
Boka iri zvakare rine peji rese pawebhusaiti yaro yakatsaurirwa kumhando dzakasiyana dzesarudzo dzemari, dzinogona kusanganisira mutsara wemba yechikwereti kana zvimwe zvikwereti zvakachengetedzwa.Kubhadhara nemari yekuisa kunoshanda zvakanaka kune vamwe, Schalke akadaro, asi zvese zvinodzika pakunzwisisa sarudzo.
"Ndinogara ndichikurudzira kutora danho kumashure, kuwana mamwe makotesheni uye kubvunza mibvunzo," akadaro."Usafunga kuti sarudzo imwe chete ndiyo yega."
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