ILatvia lilizwe elincinane laseMntla Yurophu elisempuma yeDenmark kuLwandle lweBaltic. Uncediswa yiglasi yokukhulisa, kunokwenzeka ukubona iLatvia kwimephu, ejikelezwe yi-Estonia ukuya emantla, iRashiya neBelarus ngasempuma, kunye neLithuania emazantsi.

Eli lizwe linciphayo liye lavela njengendlu yamandla yeplanga yeplanga kwisantya sokukhuphisana neCanada. Qwalasela oku: Sithethanje iLatvia ivelisa iitoni ezisisi-1,4 sezigidi zeeplanga zeeplanga nyaka ngamnye ukusuka kummandla wehlathi oziikhilomitha ezingama-27 000 kuphela. IKhanada ivelisa iitoni ezizizigidi ezi-2 ukusuka kwindawo yehlathi enkulu ngokuphindwe kayi-115 kuneyaseLatvia – malunga ne-1.3 yesigidi seehektare. Nyaka ngamnye, iLatvia ivelisa iitoni ezingama-52 zamaplanga kwisikwekhilomitha ngasinye sehlathi. Ukuze iCanada ihambelane naloo nto, kuya kufuneka sivelise ngaphezulu kwe-160 lezigidi zeetoni ngonyaka!

Ngo-Okthobha ka-2015, ndatyelela eLatvia kwiintlanganiso ze-European Pellet Council-elawula ibhodi elawulayo ye-ENplus pellet isikimu sesiqinisekiso somgangatho. Kwabaninzi bethu abafika kwangethuba, uDidzis Palejs, usihlalo weLatvian Biomass Association, walungiselela ukutyelela kwisityalo se-pellet esiphethwe yi-SBE Latvia Ltd. kunye nokugcinwa kweeplanga ezimbini zokhuni kunye neendawo zokulayisha kwiPort of Riga kunye nePort of Marsrags. Umvelisi we-pellet uLatgran usebenzisa i-port yaseRiga ngelixa i-SBE isebenzisa i-Marsrags, malunga neekhilomitha ezili-100 entshonalanga yeRiga.

Isityalo se-pellet sanamhlanje se-SBE sivelisa iitoni ezingama-70,000 zeeplanga zokhuni ngonyaka kumashishini aseYurophu kunye neemarike zokushisa, ngakumbi eDenmark, eUnited Kingdom, eBelgium naseNetherlands. I-SBE yi-ENplus eqinisekisiweyo yomgangatho we-pellet kwaye inomahluko wokuba ngumvelisi wokuqala we-pellet eYurophu, kwaye okwesibini kuphela kwihlabathi, ukufumana isiqinisekiso esitsha sokuzinza kwe-SBP. Ii-SBE zisebenzisa indibaniselwano yeentsalela zesarha kunye neetshiphusi njengempahla yokutya. Ababoneleli be-feedstock bafumana iinkuni ezingqukuva zomgangatho ophantsi, bezitshiphuza phambi kokuba ziziswe kwi-SBE.

Kule minyaka mithathu idlulileyo, imveliso ye-pellet yaseLatvia ikhule ukusuka ngaphantsi kancinane kwe-1 yezigidi zeetoni ukuya kwinqanaba layo langoku le-1.4 yezigidi zeetoni. Kukho izityalo ezingama-23 zepellet ezinobungakanani obahlukeneyo. Oyena mvelisi mkhulu yi-AS Graanul Invest. Emva kokufumana iLatgran mva nje, umthamo wonyaka weGraanul odityanisiweyo kwiNgingqi yeBaltic uziitoni ezisisi-1.8 sesigidi okuthetha ukuba le nkampani inye ivelisa phantse yonke iCanada!

Abavelisi baseLatvia ngoku babetha izithende zaseCanada kwimarike yase-UK. Kwi-2014, iCanada yathumela i-899,000 yeetoni zeepelisi zokhuni e-UK, xa kuthelekiswa neetoni ze-402,000 ezivela eLatvia. Nangona kunjalo, kwi-2015, abavelisi baseLatvia baye banciphisa i-gap. Ukusukela nge-31 ka-Agasti, iCanada yayithumele iitoni ezingama-734,000 e-UK kunye neLatvia engekude ngasemva kwiitoni ezingama-602,000.

Amahlathi aseLatvia anemveliso yaye ulwando lwaminyaka le luqikelelwa kwiikyubhic mitha ezingama-20 ezigidi. Isivuno sonyaka simalunga ne-11 yezigidi ze-cubic metres kuphela, ngaphandle kwesiqingatha sokukhula konyaka. Iindidi eziphambili zentengiso yi-spruce, ipine kunye ne-birch.

ILatvia lilizwe elalisakuba yiSoviet Bloc. Nangona abantu baseLatvia bayigxothayo iSoviet ngo-1991, zininzi izikhumbuzo eziwohlokayo zelo xesha-izakhiwo ezibi, iifektri ezishiyiweyo, iziseko zomkhosi wamanzi, izakhiwo zeefama njalo njalo. Ngaphandle kwezi zikhumbuzo, abemi baseLatvia baye bahlukana nelifa lobukomanisi baza bamkela ishishini lasimahla. Kutyelelo lwam olufutshane, ndafumanisa abantu baseLatvia benobubele, besebenza nzima yaye bengoosomashishini. Icandelo le-pellet laseLatvia linendawo enkulu yokukhula kwaye linenjongo yokuqhubeka njengamandla ehlabathi.