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A |     广东省人民政府新闻办公室10日在广州举行新闻发布会，广东省农业农村厅副厅长林光美介绍，今年上半年，广东省海水养殖产量达178.72万吨，同比增长5.37%。    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.。　　广东海岸线全国最长，海域面积是陆域面积的2.3倍。2025年，广东省海水养殖产量达386.93万吨，其中海水鱼养殖产量达103.5万吨，占全国近一半。图为广东闸坡渔港千帆竞发耕海牧渔。陈骥旻 摄　　当前，广东正大力推动现代化海洋牧场建设。

B | 林光美介绍，广东引入全国优质科研资源开展种业攻关。

C | 近期，黄鳍鲷“中珠1号”、斑节对虾“南海3号”、三倍体牡蛎“中科1号”3个海水新品种通过国家审定，累计培育海水新品种21个，数量居全国前列。　　此外，广东大力发展深海养殖装备和智慧渔业，突破抗风浪网箱技术，重力式网箱、桁架类网箱数量分别居全国第一、第二位。2026年，广东全省新建重力式网箱920个、桁架类网箱5个。　　值得一提的是，广东正持续推进5个国家级、9个省级沿海渔港经济区建设，布局一批冷链物流、水产品加工产业园，深入开展金鲳、海鲈、生蚝、鮸鱼四个品种全产业链高质量发展五年行动。　　现代化海洋牧场建设离不开不断完善的金融保险保障体系支撑。林光美介绍，今年上半年，广东出台了《综合金融赋能现代化海洋牧场建设若干措施》《现代化海洋牧场设施设备险实施方案》，加大信贷支持力度，将设施设备纳入政策性保险范围。现代化海洋牧场养殖险养殖主体自担比例从40%降低到25%，减轻养殖主体负担。　　阳江市立足“中国南海渔都”“广东鱼仓”资源优势，以南海(阳江)开渔季为重要赋能载体，坚持全产业链思维布局现代化海洋牧场建设。

D | 　　阳江市人民政府副市长关天表介绍，阳江大力推广“海上风电+海洋牧场”融合发展，建成全国面积最大的青洲岛渔风融合海域国家级海洋牧场示范区，全球首座渔风一体化养殖平台“明渔一号”已连续多年稳定投产运营，多个新型深海养殖平台陆续落地，全市深水网箱投放总量位居全省第二。　　据了解，阳江正全力打造总投资35亿元的全国首创深蓝现代化海洋牧场试点项目，打通养殖、加工、文旅全产业链，配套预制菜加工厂将于2026年底建成投产。　　林光美指出，今年是“十五五”开局之年，也是现代化海洋牧场建设任务攻坚、实现“五年显著变化”的关键之年。接下来将推动现代化海洋牧场全产业链提质增效，加快培育现代化海洋牧场万亿级产业集群。

E | (记者 孙秋霞)。

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