# ChinaQueue

> Independent, observational research on China's power buildout, organised as
> Build (what is going up), Waste (what the grid cannot absorb), Move (power
> across space and time), Price (the markets that clear it) and Use (where the
> power goes, including AI compute).

## Current scope

- Source: GEM Global Integrated Power Tracker (ArcGIS layer updated 2026-02-18; pulled 2026-10-14)
- Projects: 34,295
- Total capacity: 6,021.5 GW
- Prospective pipeline: 2,493.9 GW
- Under construction: 880.9 GW
- Site refresh: 2026-10-14

## How to use ChinaQueue

- Read the Markdown pages for interpretation, claim boundaries, and provenance.
- Use the linked JSON files for exact calculations; the Markdown is a narrative
  summary, human- and agent-readable, not a substitute for the raw data.
- Treat pipeline/prospective capacity as development and interconnection
  activity, **not** as a supply forecast or a statement that capacity will be built.
- Treat the absorption gap (wind+solar ~48% of installed capacity but ~25% of
  generation), curtailment, and CREA/GEM release figures as curated research
  with explicit provenance — not as fabricated or official timeseries.
- Treat fleet figures as a lower-bound, project-level subset of the real grid
  (GEM undercounts in places, e.g. hydro), not the official total.
- "Storage" in GEM-derived files is pumped-storage hydro only: GEM's China export
  has no battery projects, and its reservoir dams ("conventional storage") are
  counted as Hydro. Battery (new-type) storage figures come from NEA and Ember.

## Key resources

- [Dashboard](https://chinaqueue.com/index.md)
- [Methodology](https://chinaqueue.com/methodology.md)
- [About](https://chinaqueue.com/about.md)
- [Absorption gap](https://chinaqueue.com/absorption.md)
- [Coal paradox](https://chinaqueue.com/coal.md)
- [Storage: new-type storage (NEA, Ember) and the pumped-storage pipeline (GEM)](https://chinaqueue.com/storage.md)
- [Fleet](https://chinaqueue.com/fleet.md)
- [Transmission](https://chinaqueue.com/transmission.md)
- [Provincial scoreboard](https://chinaqueue.com/provinces.md)
- [Green electricity certificates](https://chinaqueue.com/green-certificates.md)
- [Carbon market](https://chinaqueue.com/carbon.md)
- [Desert and Gobi renewable bases](https://chinaqueue.com/gobi.md)
- [Electricity demand by sector](https://chinaqueue.com/demand.md)
- [Cross-provincial power flows](https://chinaqueue.com/flows.md)
- [Electricity spot market](https://chinaqueue.com/spot.md)
- [Province wiring: who sends and who receives power](https://chinaqueue.com/wiring.md)
- [Nuclear power](https://chinaqueue.com/nuclear.md)
- [Curtailment by province](https://chinaqueue.com/curtail.md)
- [AI compute hubs: East Data, West Computing (东数西算)](https://chinaqueue.com/compute.md)
- [Buildout map](https://chinaqueue.com/map)
- [US-vs-China Power Race](https://chinaqueue.com/race)
- [Pace & Momentum](https://chinaqueue.com/pace)
- [What's new](https://chinaqueue.com/whats-new.md)

## Data

- [Machine-readable catalog](https://chinaqueue.com/data/manifest.json)
- [Downloads & how to cite](https://chinaqueue.com/downloads)
- [Machine-readable summary](https://chinaqueue.com/data/summary.json)
- [Project-level pipeline](https://chinaqueue.com/data/projects.json)
- [Project-level pipeline (CSV)](https://chinaqueue.com/data/projects.csv)
- [Province × fuel buildout (CSV)](https://chinaqueue.com/data/province_buildout.csv)
- [Buildout map (geometry + values)](https://chinaqueue.com/data/map.json)
- [US-vs-China Power Race scoreboard](https://chinaqueue.com/data/race.json)
- [Pace & Momentum analytics](https://chinaqueue.com/data/pace.json)
- [How to cite this snapshot](https://chinaqueue.com/data/citation.txt)
- [NEA monthly (capacity, output, mix)](https://chinaqueue.com/data/nea_monthly.json)
- [UHV transmission routing](https://chinaqueue.com/data/uhv_transmission.json)
- [Provincial scoreboard](https://chinaqueue.com/data/provincial.json)
- [Green electricity certificates](https://chinaqueue.com/data/green_certificates.json)
- [Carbon market](https://chinaqueue.com/data/carbon.json)
- [Desert and Gobi renewable bases](https://chinaqueue.com/data/gobi.json)
- [Electricity demand by sector](https://chinaqueue.com/data/demand.json)
- [Coal capacity price](https://chinaqueue.com/data/coal_capacity_price.json)
- [Cross-provincial power flows](https://chinaqueue.com/data/cross_provincial_flows.json)
- [Electricity spot market](https://chinaqueue.com/data/spot_market.json)
- [Province wiring](https://chinaqueue.com/data/province_wiring.json)
- [Nuclear power](https://chinaqueue.com/data/nuclear.json)
- [Curtailment by province](https://chinaqueue.com/data/province_utilization.json)
- [AI compute hubs](https://chinaqueue.com/data/compute.json)
- [H1 2026 curated figures: curtailment, storage, installs](https://chinaqueue.com/data/h1_2026.json)
- [Coal H1 2026: commissioning, thermal output, policy](https://chinaqueue.com/data/coal_h1_2026.json)
- [Machine-readable changelog](https://chinaqueue.com/data/whatsnew.json)

## Discovery

- [Sitemap](https://chinaqueue.com/sitemap.xml)
- [RSS feed (What's New)](https://chinaqueue.com/feed.xml)

Public datasets and generated Markdown are available for research use. ChinaQueue
is an independent observational tracker and is not affiliated with GEM, NEA, CREA,
or any grid operator. Research only; verify source evidence before making decisions.