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8月16日，云南大理鹤庆半程马拉松。 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.。

B | 赛道海拔约2200米，氧气稀薄，就在这样的高原赛道上，焦安静跑出了1小时18分40秒，拿下女子组冠军。焦安静王者归来！无数跑者为之动容。但真正让人触动的，不是这个冠军本身，而是她为了站上这条起跑线，走过的那些路。

从150斤到117斤去年，焦安静遭遇了孕中期胎儿异常的引产手术。身体和心灵的双重打击下，她的体重一度飙到将近150斤。

C | 对一个职业跑者来说，这几乎意味着职业生涯的终结。有跑友给她留言说：“没意义了，不可能拿到名次了。”她没辩解，只是行动起来，一点点往前熬。今年3月，恢复训练的第六天，她才跑了第一个五公里。5月，兰州马拉松，她跑了3小时08分07秒——这是她全马生涯最慢的一次。但她把这称为“重生的起点”。6月，昆明半马，1小时27分28秒。7月，她做了一个疯狂的决定——从丽江骑行1370公里，9天翻越海拔5100米的东达山垭口，赶到林芝参加半马。最终以1小时22分09秒获得女子第四名。

D | 8月，鹤庆半马，1小时18分40秒，冠军。从150斤到117斤，从“不可能”到“王者归来”。她用了不到半年时间，把自己重新“跑”了回来。周跑量203公里为了备战鹤庆半马，焦安静那一周的跑量累计到了203公里。

E | 203公里是什么概念？平均每天29公里，也就是连续七天每天跑一个半马。

F | 这绝不是普通人能承受的量，也不该是普通人追求的目标。她是职业跑者，她的身体能扛住这个强度，不代表你的身体也能。

G | 别人习以为常的训练量，对普通跑友来说，可能就是过度消耗。她是在“拼命”，但拼的是职业的命焦安静的故事确实很打动人。焦安静的“拼命”，是职业运动员的本分。

H | 普通跑友的“拼命”，应该是对自己健康的负责。

I | 她骑行1370公里去参赛，是因为她想要减肥。她一天三练、周跑量200公里，是为了再次证明自己。她半年减掉三十多斤，是因为有专业的训练计划和饮食方案。你要是连基础代谢都不清楚，就别学人家疯狂减重了。职业选手走的路，是给职业选手走的。

J | 普通跑者该走的路，是跑得久、跑得健康。写在最后焦安静的故事确实让人动容。她经历了人生最灰暗的日子，又一步一步爬了回来。她自己说过，是跑步再次拯救了她，给了她重新振作的力气。这种精神值得敬佩，但她的训练强度，不值得盲目模仿。跑步圈有一种风气——谁跑量大谁厉害，谁练得狠谁有面子。但真正的厉害，不是你跑得多快、堆了多少跑量，而是你能跑多久。焦安静曾在一篇记录中说过，她希望自己能跑到80岁。她也提到，孕期运动要减量到平时的四分之三左右才安全——她比谁都清楚什么叫“量力而行”。