Post #2451356
2026-04-24 14:57 UTC
Have the Chinese been running their solar plants at half speed? One third capacity even? It's hard to read the data any other way. How else could they just double their exports?
When we look at numbers like this, we see that China's production capacity is probably sufficient, right now, to get the entire world powered up with solar by 2030.
https://ember-energy.org/data/chinas-solar-pv-export-explorer/
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@chrisnelder@mastodon.energy 2026-04-24 19:19
@jonshell@mastodon.energy You're confusing what China has installed domestically and what they are manufacturing for domestic and export purposes. From Ember's "China Energy Transition Review 2025" report, which we covered in @TransitionShow@mastodon.energy Ep. 260: https://xenetwork.org/ets/episodes/episode-260-china-energy-transition-review-2025/ "Already today, Chinese factories alone can theoretically supply [enough solar to meet IEA's net zero roadmap], and China’s projected solar manufacturing capacity in 2030 (1,255 GW per year) is 65% higher than [that]."