David Fishman
@pretentiouswhat
China electricity analysis & advisory: solar, wind, coal, nuclear, markets. 13yr migrant, currently SH Rural development enthusiast @HopkinsNanjing @LantauGroup
Hi! I often tweet long threads about China's energy sector, mostly grid, renewables, and nuclear. This is a master collection of my favorites, from oldest to newest. I will add more as they are created and remove oudated ones.
Well...“economic development theory” comes in many flavors... Post-WW2 state interventionism typifies one development theory. Neolib economists had a different theory for the last quarter of the 20th century. It didn't work that well, but it was a theory too.
China has done exactly what economic development theory suggests that all developing countries should do — and it has been really good at it. This is a fact, irrespective of one's value judgments regarding China's rise.
Chinese new solar installations declined YoY in June 2025 to "only" 14.36 GW, according to NEA data released today (chart from BJX). I'm frankly surprised there's anything left in the pipeline to build at all, after the huge May push to build before the June 1 deadline.
Have you ever come straight from a thoughtful and intelligent conversation about international affairs or politics with people in real life, log into this website, and then immediately get decapitated by the whiplash?
Why do we call it the East China Sea when it touches Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and China? It should be called the East Asia Sea because all these countries share it. Putting China’s name there makes it look like China owns it, which is not true.
I'm begging everyone translating Chinese press to stop reporting things as being in "millions of kilowatts". The word gigawatt exists and it is a fine word and there is no reason to not use it!
China has started building the world's largest hydroelectric power station in Tibet, costing around $167 billion, according to the website of the State Council of the PRC. As reported by Chinese media, the station's design capacity will be 60 million kilowatts. The largest…