All the optimism that China would in fact “catch up” in the second half of 2019 after its appalling start to solar installations this year, have turned out to be rubbish. China’s National Energy Administration has put out numbers this week that Q3 delivered just 4.6 GW of solar capacity across the country. Last year there was a total of well over 42 GW, and the half year figure leading up to this in the summer was around 11.5 GW, making this a year to date figure for 2019 of 16 GW. It would need to install a further 22 GW to reach even 40 GW for the year in Q4, and it looks like that is just not going…