{
 "generated_at": "2026-10-14T15:17:17.104386+00:00",
 "source": "National Energy Administration of China via China Data Portal; GEM Global Integrated Power Tracker (ArcGIS layer updated 2026-02-18; pulled 2026-10-14)",
 "as_of": "2026-07 (NEA monthly); GEM Global Integrated Power Tracker (ArcGIS layer updated 2026-02-18; pulled 2026-10-14)",
 "pace": [
  {
   "fuel": "solar",
   "latest_gw": 1290.0,
   "latest_date": "2026-07",
   "prior_gw": 1110.0,
   "prior_date": "2025-07",
   "additions_gw": 180.0,
   "yoy_pct": 16.2,
   "approx_years_span": 1.0
  },
  {
   "fuel": "wind",
   "latest_gw": 690.0,
   "latest_date": "2026-07",
   "prior_gw": 570.0,
   "prior_date": "2025-07",
   "additions_gw": 120.0,
   "yoy_pct": 21.1,
   "approx_years_span": 1.0
  },
  {
   "fuel": "thermal",
   "latest_gw": 1514.7,
   "latest_date": "2025-10",
   "prior_gw": 1426.0,
   "prior_date": "2024-10",
   "additions_gw": 88.7,
   "yoy_pct": 6.2,
   "approx_years_span": 1.0
  },
  {
   "fuel": "total",
   "latest_gw": 4080.0,
   "latest_date": "2026-07",
   "prior_gw": 3670.0,
   "prior_date": "2025-07",
   "additions_gw": 410.0,
   "yoy_pct": 11.2,
   "approx_years_span": 1.0
  }
 ],
 "wind_solar": {
  "wind_solar_gw_now": 1980.0,
  "additions_gw_12m": 300.0,
  "solar_gw": 1290.0,
  "wind_gw": 690.0,
  "as_of": "2026-07"
 },
 "targets": {
  "wind_solar_gw_now": 1980.0,
  "target_gw": 1200.0,
  "multiplier": 1.65,
  "note": "Official 2030 plan called for 1,200 GW of wind + solar capacity. That level was surpassed in 2024 \u2014 about six years ahead of schedule. Figures here use current NEA cumulative capacity."
 },
 "utilization": {
  "latest_hours": 279,
  "latest_date": "2026-07",
  "prior_hours": 302,
  "prior_date": "2025-07",
  "delta_hours": -23,
  "delta_pct": -7.6
 },
 "delivery": [
  {
   "fuel": "Solar",
   "operating_gw": 485.2,
   "under_construction_gw": 248.9,
   "total_gw": 1236.3,
   "operating_share_pct": 39.2
  },
  {
   "fuel": "Coal",
   "operating_gw": 1022.2,
   "under_construction_gw": 183.4,
   "total_gw": 1920.8,
   "operating_share_pct": 53.2
  },
  {
   "fuel": "Wind",
   "operating_gw": 443.7,
   "under_construction_gw": 180.3,
   "total_gw": 1019.7,
   "operating_share_pct": 43.5
  },
  {
   "fuel": "Storage",
   "operating_gw": 58.7,
   "under_construction_gw": 163.1,
   "total_gw": 513.4,
   "operating_share_pct": 11.4
  },
  {
   "fuel": "Gas/Thermal",
   "operating_gw": 128.9,
   "under_construction_gw": 38.1,
   "total_gw": 312.1,
   "operating_share_pct": 41.3
  },
  {
   "fuel": "Nuclear",
   "operating_gw": 58.1,
   "under_construction_gw": 33.9,
   "total_gw": 314.5,
   "operating_share_pct": 18.5
  },
  {
   "fuel": "Hydro",
   "operating_gw": 213.4,
   "under_construction_gw": 21.3,
   "total_gw": 280.8,
   "operating_share_pct": 76.0
  },
  {
   "fuel": "Other",
   "operating_gw": 57.3,
   "under_construction_gw": 11.8,
   "total_gw": 423.8,
   "operating_share_pct": 13.5
  }
 ],
 "delivery_overall": {
  "operating_gw": 2467.5,
  "total_gw": 6021.5,
  "operating_share_pct": 41.0
 },
 "mix_in_motion": [
  {
   "fuel": "Solar",
   "operating_gw": 485.2,
   "under_construction_gw": 248.9
  },
  {
   "fuel": "Coal",
   "operating_gw": 1022.2,
   "under_construction_gw": 183.4
  },
  {
   "fuel": "Wind",
   "operating_gw": 443.7,
   "under_construction_gw": 180.3
  },
  {
   "fuel": "Storage",
   "operating_gw": 58.7,
   "under_construction_gw": 163.1
  },
  {
   "fuel": "Gas/Thermal",
   "operating_gw": 128.9,
   "under_construction_gw": 38.1
  },
  {
   "fuel": "Nuclear",
   "operating_gw": 58.1,
   "under_construction_gw": 33.9
  },
  {
   "fuel": "Hydro",
   "operating_gw": 213.4,
   "under_construction_gw": 21.3
  },
  {
   "fuel": "Other",
   "operating_gw": 57.3,
   "under_construction_gw": 11.8
  }
 ],
 "analogies": [
  {
   "id": "dams",
   "label": "Three-Gorges Dams a year",
   "value": "\u2248 13.3\u00d7 Three Gorges (22.5 GW) worth of new wind + solar added in the last 12 months"
  },
  {
   "id": "reactors",
   "label": "Large reactors a year",
   "value": "~250 large reactors (1.2 GW) worth of new wind + solar added in the last 12 months"
  },
  {
   "id": "thermal",
   "label": "\u2026and fossil keeps coming",
   "value": "China still added ~89 GW of new thermal (coal/gas) capacity in the last 12 months \u2014 the two-track buildout in one number"
  }
 ],
 "h1_pace": {
  "unit": "GW",
  "note": "Solar here is NEA's solar power category, which includes a small amount of solar-thermal capacity; PV alone is listed alongside.",
  "rows": [
   {
    "label": "H1 2025",
    "period": "2025-01 to 2025-06",
    "solar_gw": 212,
    "solar_pv_gw": 212,
    "solar_pv_confidence": "verified",
    "wind_gw": 51.39,
    "wind_solar_gw": 263.39,
    "solar_approx": false,
    "wind_approx": false,
    "publisher": "National Energy Administration (NEA)",
    "title": "NEA Q3 2025 press conference transcript, 31 July 2025",
    "url": "https://www.nea.gov.cn/20250731/83ffa46373ec42dd99e0e3271028c151/c.html",
    "published": "2025-07-31",
    "confidence": "verified",
    "notes": "NEA gives solar to 0.01 billion kW (1 GW) precision here."
   },
   {
    "label": "2025",
    "period": "2025-01 to 2025-12",
    "solar_gw": 318,
    "solar_pv_gw": 317,
    "solar_pv_confidence": "verified",
    "wind_gw": 120,
    "wind_solar_gw": 438,
    "solar_approx": false,
    "wind_approx": true,
    "publisher": "National Energy Administration (NEA)",
    "title": "Renewable energy grid connection and operation in 2025",
    "url": "https://www.nea.gov.cn/20260212/742b8c6a078347b0b39de676c05c5d58/c.html",
    "published": "2026-02-12",
    "confidence": "verified",
    "notes": "Record year. NEA rounds full-year wind to 0.1 billion kW (about 120 GW). Its companion release the same day ('2025\u5e74\u6211\u56fd\u98ce\u7535\u592a\u9633\u80fd\u53d1\u7535\u65b0\u589e\u88c5\u673a\u8d854.3\u4ebf\u5343\u74e6', https://www.nea.gov.cn/20260212/d9f714e91a7f40d39282d87e384ea94a/c.html) gives wind plus solar above 430 GW, up 22.0%."
   },
   {
    "label": "H1 2026",
    "period": "2026-01 to 2026-06",
    "solar_gw": 72.07,
    "solar_pv_gw": 71.77,
    "solar_pv_confidence": "secondary",
    "wind_gw": 38.62,
    "wind_solar_gw": 110.69,
    "solar_approx": false,
    "wind_approx": false,
    "publisher": "National Energy Administration (NEA)",
    "title": "NEA press conference transcript, 30 July 2026",
    "url": "https://www.nea.gov.cn/20260730/3ce671c387574eeeb120fc3825be0399/c.html",
    "published": "2026-07-30",
    "confidence": "verified",
    "notes": "Wind: onshore 37.78 GW, offshore 0.84 GW. The PV-only figure (71.77 GW, of which 29.55 GW centralised and 42.22 GW distributed) was not re-confirmed on the transcript page, so it is marked secondary; the 0.3 GW gap to all solar power is unexplained."
   }
  ],
  "policy": {
   "cutoff_date": "2025-06-01",
   "summary": "Wind and solar projects in operation before 1 June 2025 count as existing projects and keep pricing linked to existing policy; projects from 1 June 2025 onward are new projects whose support price is set by provincial auctions.",
   "publisher": "National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and National Energy Administration (NEA)",
   "title": "Notice on deepening the market-based reform of new-energy on-grid electricity prices (Document No. 136, 2025)",
   "url": "https://www.ndrc.gov.cn/xxgk/zcfb/tz/202502/t20250209_1396066.html",
   "published": "2025-02-09",
   "confidence": "verified"
  }
 },
 "caveat": "NEA installed capacity is cumulative nameplate by month (1 unit = 10 MW = 0.01 GW). 'Trailing 12 months' uses the nearest available data points (series are irregular). Wind+solar totals are NEA official fleet numbers; the 1,200 GW figure is the official 2030 plan. GEM delivery share = operating capacity \u00f7 all tracked capacity for that fuel \u2014 a project-level, research-grade measure, not official filings."
}