How has China added so much green energy to its grid in such a short time? As energy demand increases in China’s industrial, commercial, and residential sectors, energy providers are adding wind and solar sources to the grid at record rates. However, China’s power sector needs to manage the precarious balance between market liberalization, decarbonization, and energy security to ensure everyone, from policymakers to the people, is happy. Chinese local government officials navigate these complex situations through hundreds of thousands of experiments – the results of which could have lessons for the rest of the world.
David Fishman joined us in October 2025 to discuss China’s the achievements produced and challenged faced by the power sector.
David Fishman
David Fishman’s areas of expertise cover regulatory and economic intelligence for the Chinese power sector, including solar, wind, coal, nuclear, hydro, transmission grid, and power markets. His specific project experience includes Chinese power market and policy intelligence and forecasting, solar and wind tariff policies, renewable asset transactional due diligence, China business matchmaking, and green power procurement support for multinationals operating in China.
Prior to joining TLG, David was a Managing co-director and shareholder of the nuclear energy-focused consultancy Nicobar Group in Shanghai. He holds a joint MA from Johns Hopkins SAIS and Nanjing University in International Relations and Energy Policy. He is a native English speaker and fluent in Mandarin Chinese.