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Teymour Bourial @teymour.me · 10d

This is excellent Chris, thank you for sharing. The point you make on the State's role in promoting work and consumption through tax incentives for borrowers is spot on.

Teymour Bourial @teymour.me · 11d

Thanks for sharing, I had no idea! I guess there's a bit of truth when they say “China is run by engineers; America is run by lawyers" then

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Teymour Bourial @teymour.me · 11d

One thing I've noticed in China, is that many startups are founded by university professors, working with their students and labs to commercialize their research.

This seems far less common in Western academia – why?

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Teymour Bourial @teymour.me · 11d

Excellent piece by the @financialtimes.com on the formidable expansion of battery storage capacity globally.

With costs continuing to drop, BESS will likely scale faster than renewables did, as their rollout is less constrained by grid stability concerns.

Teymour Bourial @teymour.me · 24d

Honored to be featured in yet another @restofworld.org article.

This one discusses the growing dominance of Chinese battery makers, at the expense of Korean firms, and how this shift came about.

You can read it here: restofworld.org/2025/china-e...

China charges ahead as South Korea’s battery giants lose their spark

South Korea’s top battery makers are losing ground as Chinese firms dominate with cheaper technology, factory scale, and state backing.

restofworld.org

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Teymour Bourial @teymour.me · Sep 3

I had the opportunity to contribute to this article which discusses Midong - the world's largest PV installation, located in China's Gobi desert.

Worth reading for anyone involved in energy. There is much to learn from how China executes those mega-scale projects.

www.powermag.com/solar-by-the...

Solar by the Numbers: Midong Is China's Latest Mega-Marvel

A solar power project in the Gobi Desert has moved the needle on the size and scope of global photovoltaic installations, aided by innovation in equipment and construction. The numbers tell much of th...

www.powermag.com

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Teymour Bourial @teymour.me · Jul 28

China now runs the world's largest BESS farm (Kashgar, 2 GWh), wind farm (Gansu, 8-20 GW) and solar farm (Midong, 3.5 GW)

China switches on its largest standalone battery storage project

With a capacity of 2 GWh, the four-hour storage system is described as the largest lithium iron phosphate energy storage project in the country.

www.pv-magazine.com

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Teymour Bourial @teymour.me · Jul 22

Congratulations - looking forward to reading you!

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Teymour Bourial @teymour.me · Jul 22

I had the opportunity to weigh in for this article, which dives deep into the key drivers behind China’s EV and battery manufacturers - highly recommend giving it a read.

Rest of World @restofworld.org · Jul 22

While all eyes were watching BYD overtake Tesla, a set of smaller Chinese EV makers quietly slipped into the global top 10. Chinese automakers now control 70% of global EV production.

Our latest story: restofworld.org/2025/chinese...

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Teymour Bourial @teymour.me · Jul 11

This is great - more penetration to come as EU ramps up its storage infrastructure, and continues to phase-out coal assets in Poland, Germany, Bulgaria and Spain.

Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · Jul 11

Nuclear☢️ has been consistently the EU's biggest source of electricity for around a decade..

That changed in June, as solar became the #1 source of EU electricity.

Sure, it's summer, but this is a big milestone for just how far solar has come, pushing coal to an all-time low💪

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Teymour Bourial @teymour.me · Jun 13

Agreed — O&G being all-in was a clear sign that CCUS was just a distraction to delay real action on extraction.

Policy makers and investors hardly learn though, as geoengineering is set to enter the same hype-and-bust cycle as CCUS.

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Teymour Bourial @teymour.me · Jun 12

This is great, thanks Ken!
100% with you on how sustainable solutions will only work if we keep investing to make them intrinsically better than alternatives.

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Teymour Bourial @teymour.me · Jun 12

Ongoing price spikes will get worse as US renewable power projects continue to be canceled due to shrinking subsidies, lost grants, and revoked permits.

Climate Tracker @climate.skyfleet.blue · Jun 11

Trump Has an Electricity Price Problem #Climate

Trump Has an Electricity Price Problem

heatmap.news

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Teymour Bourial @teymour.me · Jun 12

This is good news on all fronts.

More affordable, cleaner energy for all - especially developing countries - and less demand for oil and gas, hopefully driving prices and extraction down.

World Bank lifts ban on funding nuclear energy in boost to industry

Lender’s president says it would support projects extending the life of existing reactors

www.ft.com

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Teymour Bourial @teymour.me · Jun 10

The current state of the UK's power market shows how fossil fuel dependency hurts industrial competitiveness and resilience.

Norway shows what's possible instead: 98% renewable power mix (hydro & wind), and some of the lowest prices in Europe.

Why are the UK’s industrial electricity prices so high?

Businesses call for measures to help shelter manufacturers

www.ft.com

Teymour Bourial @teymour.me · May 27

This is sad news.
It's also very ironic to see the AAI state that "EV sales mandates were never achievable" in the US when you look at where most other developed countries stand...

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Teymour Bourial @teymour.me · May 27

Thanks for sharing. This is sad news.
It's also very ironic to see the AAI state that "EV sales mandates were never achievable" in the US when you look at where most other developed countries stand...

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Teymour Bourial @teymour.me · May 27

Many great points in this piece - both on why US/EU cooperation with China on battery production is essential, and on the safeguards needed to avoid becoming China’s assembly plant.

www.ft.com/content/baed...