WestJet ta gabatar da tuggun kayan lantarki a Ranar Duniya

CALGARY, Kanada - WestJet a yau ta baje kolin sabuwar sabuwar ƙirar muhalli, tug ɗin jakunkuna wanda ke aiki akan batir lithium polymer mai caji. Tug din wanda yayi kama da karamin tarakta, yana jan motocin jakunkuna zuwa ko kuma daga cikin jirgin kuma shi ne irinsa na farko da ya fara aiki da irin wannan baturi.

A matsayin wani ɓangare na aikin matukin jirgi, kamfanin jirgin ya yi aiki tare da Corvus Energy, wani kamfanin fasaha na Richmond, don sake yin aikin tug ɗin da za a yi amfani da shi ta batirin lithium polymer, tare da kawar da buƙatar kowane man fetur na makamashin kayan aiki. Tug, wanda ya fara aiki a watan Oktoba a filin jirgin sama na Calgary, ya yi nasarar yin shi cikin sanyin sanyi, ba tare da wata matsala ba, a duk lokacin hunturu.

"Yin aiwatar da wannan sabuwar fasaha muhimmin bangare ne na ci gaba da sadaukar da kai ga dorewar muhalli," in ji Cam Kenyon, Mataimakin Shugaban WestJet, Ayyuka. "A matsayinmu na kamfanin jirgin sama, mun yi imani da saka hannun jari kan sabbin dabaru da za su taimaka wajen rage farashin kula da man fetur, wanda hakan ke ba mu damar ci gaba da sadar da farashi mai rahusa da kima ga bakinmu."

"Nasarar haɗin gwiwar tsarin batir lithium ion na Corvus Energy zuwa kayan aikin tallafi na ƙasa na WestJet yana wakiltar ingantaccen ingantaccen fasahar mu," in ji Brent Perry, babban jami'in gudanarwa na Corvus Energy. "Gabatar da maganin lithium ion GSE wani muhimmin ci gaba ne ga bangaren sufurin jiragen sama dangane da tasirin muhalli da amincin ma'aikata kuma muna farin cikin kasancewa a kan gaba."

Kamfanonin jiragen sama sun kasance suna son inganta sassan lantarki tsawon shekaru da yawa in ji Perry. "Har yau, maganinmu shine kawai fasahar batir da ba ta buƙatar kulawa, tana aiki cikin matsanancin sanyi ko zafi mai zafi, tare da yin caji da sauri da wuce gona da iri na fasahar zamani. Yana wakiltar babban ci gaba a cikin masana'antar sufurin jiragen sama tare da fa'idar kasuwa mai yawa."

Canjin wutar lantarki ya baiwa kamfanin damar ci gaba da mai da hankali kan aikin kan lokaci, saboda ana iya jigilar kaya zuwa da kuma daga jirgin a kusan jirage 11 a kowace rana a kan caji guda.

A cikin watan Mayu, wasu jakunkuna guda biyu na lantarki za su isa Whitehorse don ƙaddamar da sabis na yau da kullun zuwa yankin, wanda zai fara aiki a ranar 17 ga Mayu. Kamfanin jirgin saman yana tsammanin fasahar za ta yi tasiri a yanayin sanyi na Yukon inda batir-acid ke da saurin daskarewa da daskarewa. ba za a iya caji da zarar an daskararre ba, kuma inda ba a ba da izinin tuƙi mai amfani da iskar gas a wuraren jigilar kaya na matakin filin jirgin ba.