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Time to prepare your #Christmas presents!

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China’s solar story isn’t just about growth—it’s about untapped potential. By the end of 2024, solar power made up ~27% of China’s total electricity generation capacity. But in terms of actual electricity produced? Solar delivered only ~9% of China’s electricity. That’s a huge gap. Why? Let’s break it down: 1.Installed capacity ≠ actual output. 890 gigawatts (GW) of solar sounds massive—and it is. But solar power is intermittent. It only works when the sun shines, which doesn’t always match when people need power. 2. Solar peaks at the wrong time. Solar generation peaks around midday. But demand often peaks later in the evening—when solar production drops to zero. That mismatch leaves a lot of solar energy underused. 3.Excess energy is wasted without storage. On sunny days, solar can produce more electricity than the grid needs in the moment. But without enough batteries to store it, that surplus is curtailed—literally dumped. 4.The real bottleneck is storage. If China had enough batteries, it could store excess solar power and use it at night or during cloudy periods. That would make a much bigger dent in coal use and emissions. 5.China is investing in batteries—but solar is growing faster. Storage capacity is increasing, and China is a global leader in battery production. But the scale of solar growth—215–255 GW more expected in 2025—is outpacing storage deployment. So, what’s the takeaway? China could get a much larger share of its electricity from solar. It has the hardware. What’s missing is storage to unlock that full potential. Building solar panels is only half the battle. Without batteries to store the energy they generate, China (and the world) won’t fully reap the benefits of clean power.

Ironically, they could all be true at the same time.

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Mission completed for January, game on for Feb!

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John, in charge of projects verification, visiting our projects in India 🇮🇳