
A | 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.。 摘要:拉塞尔·威斯布鲁克通过个人社交账号发布告别视频,正式宣布退役,结束18年NBA职业生涯。他以209次三双高居历史榜首,是2016-17赛季常规赛MVP。 北京时间8月13日凌晨,37岁的拉塞尔·威斯布鲁克通过个人社交账号发布了一段由演员迈克尔-B-乔丹配音的告别视频,正式宣布退役。他在配文中写道:"有时候你甚至不知道自己已经看完了结局。你必须亲历其中。而现在,一切都结束了。" 这标志着一段跨越18个赛季的传奇生涯画上句号。

B | 威斯布鲁克是NBA历史三双王,职业生涯累计209次三双,高居联盟历史榜首。他在2016-17赛季打出单季42次三双、打破奥斯卡-罗伯特森保持55年之久的纪录,并凭借场均31.6分10.7篮板10.4助攻的赛季表现当选常规赛MVP。

C | 威斯布鲁克职业生涯共效力7支球队。2008年以首轮第四顺位被西雅图超音速(后迁址更名为俄克拉荷马城雷霆)选中,在雷霆效力长达11个赛季,成长为联盟顶级控卫。

D | 此后他先后辗转休斯敦火箭、华盛顿奇才、洛杉矶湖人、洛杉矶快船、丹佛掘金,2025-26赛季加盟萨克拉门托国王。国王是他职业生涯的第七站,也是最后一站。 刚刚过去的2025-26赛季,威斯布鲁克为国王出战64场,其中58场首发,场均贡献15.2分、5.4个篮板和全队最高的6.7次助攻外加1.3次抢断。赛季中段他超越史蒂夫-纳什和马克-杰克逊,升至NBA历史助攻榜第五位,同时成为联盟历史上首位职业生涯篮板突破9000个的后卫。

E | 回顾整个职业生涯,威斯布鲁克累计得到27176分、9025个篮板和10351次助攻。他与勒布朗-詹姆斯是NBA历史上仅有的两位生涯得分超过25000分且助攻超过10000次的球员。此外,他9次入选全明星阵容,2次荣膺得分王,3次当选助攻王,9次入选年度最佳阵容。 遗憾的是,威斯布鲁克的职业生涯始终未能赢得NBA总冠军。2025-26赛季国王战绩仅为22胜60负,与犹他爵士并列西部垫底,这也是他职业生涯单季最多失利的一个赛季。赛季末段他因脚趾伤势缺席了最后11场比赛。 尽管缺少总冠军戒指,威斯布鲁克凭借历史级别的数据积累和永不停歇的拼搏风格,已被广泛视为同代最具影响力的球员之一,未来几乎笃定入选篮球名人堂。

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