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一 | A South Korean company has begun production at a huge new solar panel factory in Georgia even as industry leaders say surging Asian imports could dampen efforts to make more solar components in the United States.Qcells, a unit of South Korea’s Hanwha Group, said Wednesday that it can now turn out enough solar panels to generate 5.1 gigawatts of power yearly at a two-factory complex in the northwest Georgia city of Dalton. That's almost 40% of U.S. solar panel capacity, according to figures from the Solar Energy Industries Association. Qcells' opened its first factory in 2019 and an even larger plant in phases since, what the company describes as the largest solar investment in American history. “It’s another milestone as we as a company really strive to become a global leader and a U.S. leader in solar manufacturing," said Scott Moskowitz, Qcells head of market strategy and public affairs, speaking with The Associated Press after a plant tour Monday.The company says its new plant is the first solar module factory in the U.S. to begin production since passage of President Joe Biden’s signature climate legislation. Qcells' $208 million investment again shows how federal incentives are spurring a nationwide boom in renewable energy and electric vehicles.Industry jitters about a flood of cheap solar panels from overseas show how dependent on federal policy the solar industry remains. That's a threat in part because former President Donald Trump, the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican nomination, is hostile to renewable energy.Qcells leaders say the new plant showcases more efficient equipment and processes, part of a much larger investment intended to bring key steps in solar manufacturing to the U.S. A solar panel, or module, is assembled from solar cells most commonly made from wafers cut from ingots of polysilicon. Today, the company's solar cells are imported from Asia. But 30 miles (50 kilometers) south of Dalton in Cartersville, Qcells is building a $2.3 billion complex to take polysilicon refined in Washington state and make ingots, wafers and solar cells — in addition to 3.3 gigawatts of solar modules. That plant is scheduled to open in phases starting next year.Currently, no silicon ingots or wafers are made in the U.S. But Biden's Inflation Reduction Act, besides offering a extra tax credit on American-made solar equipment, lets manufacturers earn incentives for every unit of polysilicon they refine and every wafer, cell and module they make. For example, Qcells earns a tax credit of 7 cents per watt for every panel it makes in Dalton, or $34.30 for every 490-watt residential panel made.Even with that boost, solar industry leaders warn, factories will struggle to compete with a new spike in cheap Asian imports. They're again urging federal officials to investigate whether solar panels are being dumped at unfairly low prices. Previous investigations have led to anti-dumping tariffs on panels made in China and Taiwan.U.S. officials shouldn't regard the spike as a normal market fluctuation, said Mike Carr, executive director of the Solar Energy Manufacturers for America Coalition, a group that includes Qcells. He argues Chinese component makers are pushing out cheap modules from southeast Asian factories, tanking panel prices to ensure Chinese dominance and smother U.S. manufacturing.“This is likely to be the No. 1 new energy source in the 21st century," Carr said. "It’s already cheaper than pretty much anything else to install. It is the path to meeting our climate goals. So I think it becomes a real national security kind of concern. The way OPEC is in oil markets, we don’t want to allow China to become that same controller of supply in solar.”Qcells sees current low prices as a “near-term challenge" in achieving economies of scale and serving a long-term market, Moskowitz said. Beyond trade policy, he said, requiring federal agencies to buy American-made products and promoting panels produced with fewer carbon emissions could bolster Qcells.Politics envelops the solar industry. Vice President Kamala Harris visited the plant earlier this year. At the state level, Republican Gov. Brian Kemp has wrestled with Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff over political credit for electric vehicle and renewable energy investments flowing to Georgia. “Out of all the places Qcells could have gone, they chose to operate and expand here in Georgia because of our unrivaled assets and the competitive package we put together,” Kemp said in a statement.Ossoff and fellow Georgia Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock note they authored the component incentives that benefit Qcells, emphasizing federal policy. “Our state is emerging as the advanced energy capital of the nation, thanks to federal infrastructure and manufacturing policies that are benefiting Georgia more than any other state,” Ossoff said in a statement.Qcells, for its part, praises both state and federal assistance.“To build these markets up and to have them work, you need a whole government approach," Moskowitz said.。 战鼓催征，积势蓄力。
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三 | 今年3月，一季度重点项目集中开工仪式在这里举行时，这里还是一片平整的土地，仅仅7个月时间，办公楼、库房、中控室、实验室等主体拔地而起，140多名工人正在各自岗位上奋战。 抚顺渼瑞石油化工有限公司成立于2021年，是由爱森（中国）絮凝剂有限公司和天津宝澄生物技术发展有限公司合资建设，项目总投资3.86亿元，主要生产丙烯酰胺聚合物、丙烯酰胺。丙烯酰胺聚合物被誉为“百业助剂”，应用于饮用水生产、工业和城市废水处理、石油化工、采矿、造纸、农业、纺织、个人护理等领域，受益于产业政策支持，未来发展空间广阔。据统计，2020年全球丙烯酰胺聚合物市场规模为39.22亿美元，预计2026年，市场规模将超过88.72亿美元。 爱森集团是一家致力于全球水处理、水循环和水资源保护的专业化工集团公司，是水溶性丙烯酰胺类聚合物生产的世界领导者，其产量占世界总产量的42%，单体产量占世界总产量的50%，业务覆盖超过全球140个国家。
四 | 依托爱森集团专利技术，抚顺渼瑞将以降低用水和能源消耗、减少碳足迹作为使命，项目建成后，将形成年产10万吨丙烯酰胺聚合物和5万吨丙烯酰胺产能规模，预计年营业收入12.5亿元，年缴税额4215万元，实现经济效益、社会效益和环境效益同步和谐发展。 项目建设期间，各级政府全面落实各项惠企政策，不遗余力破解企业发展瓶颈，全力打造优质营商环境。抚顺高新区为企业提供全流程服务，落实项目要素保障，积极联系环保、建设、规划、电力等部门和单位，加快协调施工污水排放、规划手续、用电、图纸审核、设施配套等事宜，为项目早日完工创造有利条件，让“百业助剂”项目早日投产，为打赢攻坚之年攻坚之战贡献力量。 责任编辑：李丹。
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