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Cipher covers the latest news and provides expert analysis on the technological innovations and solutions we need to combat climate change and transform our global energy systems to reach a clean ener...
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After four years of delivering clear, solutions-focused coverage of climate and energy, Cipher published its final reporting today.
I hope you’ll continue to follow our team as we continue this work in new ways: www.ciphernews.com/how-to-follo...
– @amyaharder.bsky.social, Executive Editor
I hope you’ll continue to follow our team as we continue this work in new ways: www.ciphernews.com/how-to-follo...
– @amyaharder.bsky.social, Executive Editor
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My last column for @cipherclimate.bsky.social:
With time, a swinging pendulum shapes energy and climate change www.ciphernews.com/articles/wit...
With time, a swinging pendulum shapes energy and climate change www.ciphernews.com/articles/wit...
With time, a swinging pendulum shapes energy and climate change - Cipher News
The time horizon of addressing climate change and transitioning our massive energy system to cleaner resources is spectacularly mismatched for humanity and its societal pendulum swings.
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July 17, 2025 at 7:05 PM
My last column for @cipherclimate.bsky.social:
With time, a swinging pendulum shapes energy and climate change www.ciphernews.com/articles/wit...
With time, a swinging pendulum shapes energy and climate change www.ciphernews.com/articles/wit...
Money is the key to the energy transition. Today, a greater share is being invested into clean power sources, but less is flowing to new cleantech ideas and startups.
Bill Spindle shares data from the @iea.org and PitchBook in this #DataDive: www.ciphernews.com/articles/ami...
Bill Spindle shares data from the @iea.org and PitchBook in this #DataDive: www.ciphernews.com/articles/ami...
Amid evolving politics, cleantech financing reaches watershed moment - Cipher News
Money is the key to the energy transition. Today, a greater share is being invested into clean power sources, but less is flowing to new cleantech ideas and startups.
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July 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Money is the key to the energy transition. Today, a greater share is being invested into clean power sources, but less is flowing to new cleantech ideas and startups.
Bill Spindle shares data from the @iea.org and PitchBook in this #DataDive: www.ciphernews.com/articles/ami...
Bill Spindle shares data from the @iea.org and PitchBook in this #DataDive: www.ciphernews.com/articles/ami...
With time, a swinging pendulum shapes energy and climate change.
Read @amyaharder.bsky.social's Harder Line column for our final publication.
www.ciphernews.com/articles/wit...
Read @amyaharder.bsky.social's Harder Line column for our final publication.
www.ciphernews.com/articles/wit...
With time, a swinging pendulum shapes energy and climate change - Cipher News
The time horizon of addressing climate change and transitioning our massive energy system to cleaner resources is spectacularly mismatched for humanity and its societal pendulum swings.
www.ciphernews.com
July 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
With time, a swinging pendulum shapes energy and climate change.
Read @amyaharder.bsky.social's Harder Line column for our final publication.
www.ciphernews.com/articles/wit...
Read @amyaharder.bsky.social's Harder Line column for our final publication.
www.ciphernews.com/articles/wit...
After four years of delivering clear, solutions-focused coverage of climate and energy, Cipher published its final reporting today.
I hope you’ll continue to follow our team as we continue this work in new ways: www.ciphernews.com/how-to-follo...
– @amyaharder.bsky.social, Executive Editor
I hope you’ll continue to follow our team as we continue this work in new ways: www.ciphernews.com/how-to-follo...
– @amyaharder.bsky.social, Executive Editor
How to follow Cipher's journalists - Cipher News
Cipher covers the latest news and provides expert analysis on the technological innovations and solutions we need to combat climate change and transform our global energy systems to reach a clean ener...
www.ciphernews.com
July 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
After four years of delivering clear, solutions-focused coverage of climate and energy, Cipher published its final reporting today.
I hope you’ll continue to follow our team as we continue this work in new ways: www.ciphernews.com/how-to-follo...
– @amyaharder.bsky.social, Executive Editor
I hope you’ll continue to follow our team as we continue this work in new ways: www.ciphernews.com/how-to-follo...
– @amyaharder.bsky.social, Executive Editor
Exclusive -- Bill Gates on the climate cuts in Trump's big bill: "It wasn’t quite the evisceration that a complete lack of believing in climate change might have led to."
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www.ciphernews.com/articles/exc...
Exclusive: Bill Gates on Trump’s big bill, AI and more - Cipher News
Gates told Cipher in an exclusive interview that the Trump administration’s recently enacted law rolling back many climate incentives was not as bad as could have been expected.
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July 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Exclusive -- Bill Gates on the climate cuts in Trump's big bill: "It wasn’t quite the evisceration that a complete lack of believing in climate change might have led to."
www.ciphernews.com/articles/exc...
www.ciphernews.com/articles/exc...
The Cipher team reflects on the last four years of the publication and shares their thoughts on what's ahead for the energy transition.
Cipher will publish its final articles on Wednesday. Read more: www.ciphernews.com/articles/the...
Cipher will publish its final articles on Wednesday. Read more: www.ciphernews.com/articles/the...
The Cipher team reflects on the last four years — and looks ahead - Cipher News
Cipher News has covered the global energy transition with an eye on the possible and a clear-eyed perspective.
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July 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The Cipher team reflects on the last four years of the publication and shares their thoughts on what's ahead for the energy transition.
Cipher will publish its final articles on Wednesday. Read more: www.ciphernews.com/articles/the...
Cipher will publish its final articles on Wednesday. Read more: www.ciphernews.com/articles/the...
Asia and Europe each have well over 200 times more offshore wind power than North America, Anca Gurzu writes based on a report from the Global Wind Energy Council.
Check out the chart: www.ciphernews.com/articles/off...
Check out the chart: www.ciphernews.com/articles/off...
Offshore wind is growing — except in North America - Cipher News
Asia and Europe each have well over 200 times more offshore wind power than North America, according to a recent report. The divide feels emblematic of this moment in time.
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July 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Asia and Europe each have well over 200 times more offshore wind power than North America, Anca Gurzu writes based on a report from the Global Wind Energy Council.
Check out the chart: www.ciphernews.com/articles/off...
Check out the chart: www.ciphernews.com/articles/off...
Cipher reader and portfolio manager at AllianceBernstein Luke Pryor took this photo of the Wind Scylla, an offshore wind turbine installation vessel, from a train passing through New London, CT. Check out the wind turbine tower components visible next to the ship!
July 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Cipher reader and portfolio manager at AllianceBernstein Luke Pryor took this photo of the Wind Scylla, an offshore wind turbine installation vessel, from a train passing through New London, CT. Check out the wind turbine tower components visible next to the ship!
Under the hot blazing sun along the Gulf of Oman, @amenasaiyid.bsky.social got a first hand look at how Oman-based 44.01 Earth is harnessing nature to store CO2 under the jagged Hajar Mountains.
Read more: www.ciphernews.com/articles/har...
Read more: www.ciphernews.com/articles/har...
Harnessing nature to store CO2 - Cipher News
This demonstration project in the United Arab Emirates is showing how carbon dioxide can be stored in rocks.
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July 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Under the hot blazing sun along the Gulf of Oman, @amenasaiyid.bsky.social got a first hand look at how Oman-based 44.01 Earth is harnessing nature to store CO2 under the jagged Hajar Mountains.
Read more: www.ciphernews.com/articles/har...
Read more: www.ciphernews.com/articles/har...
In the climate space, innovation in technology has outpaced new ideas in finance, write Dawn Lippert and Avra Van der Zee of Elemental Impact in a #Voices article.
We need financial innovation, they write. Read more: www.ciphernews.com/articles/tec...
We need financial innovation, they write. Read more: www.ciphernews.com/articles/tec...
Tech is outpacing finance — Here’s how to solve that - Cipher News
We need financial innovation: novel ways to invest in climate solutions that can bridge the scale gap and unlock essential technologies.
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July 8, 2025 at 12:55 PM
In the climate space, innovation in technology has outpaced new ideas in finance, write Dawn Lippert and Avra Van der Zee of Elemental Impact in a #Voices article.
We need financial innovation, they write. Read more: www.ciphernews.com/articles/tec...
We need financial innovation, they write. Read more: www.ciphernews.com/articles/tec...
Natural hydrogen is abundant under the Earth's surface and could end up being an important fuel of the future, writes @davetew.bsky.social of Step Function in a #Voices article.
Read more: www.ciphernews.com/articles/hyd...
Read more: www.ciphernews.com/articles/hyd...
Hydrogen is everywhere - Cipher News
Natural hydrogen is abundant under the Earth's surface and could end up being an important fuel of the future.
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July 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Natural hydrogen is abundant under the Earth's surface and could end up being an important fuel of the future, writes @davetew.bsky.social of Step Function in a #Voices article.
Read more: www.ciphernews.com/articles/hyd...
Read more: www.ciphernews.com/articles/hyd...
Cipher reader Shoko Carpenter took this photo on a floating island on Lake Titicaca, located on the border between Peru and Bolivia. This home is on one of more than 100 floating islands on the lake where the indigenous Uros people live.
July 3, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Cipher reader Shoko Carpenter took this photo on a floating island on Lake Titicaca, located on the border between Peru and Bolivia. This home is on one of more than 100 floating islands on the lake where the indigenous Uros people live.
The United States overtook clean energy giant China to become the world’s leading investor in battery manufacturing last year, according to recent analysis from Rhodium Group.
That recent momentum, however, may be in jeopardy. www.ciphernews.com/articles/u-s...
That recent momentum, however, may be in jeopardy. www.ciphernews.com/articles/u-s...
U.S. leaps over China in battery investment — for now - Cipher News
The role reversal in battery-investment dominance is the result of two converging trends: tax credits in the U.S. and China pulling back its expenditures in the sector.
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July 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The United States overtook clean energy giant China to become the world’s leading investor in battery manufacturing last year, according to recent analysis from Rhodium Group.
That recent momentum, however, may be in jeopardy. www.ciphernews.com/articles/u-s...
That recent momentum, however, may be in jeopardy. www.ciphernews.com/articles/u-s...
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While lawmakers spar ad infinitum over the fate of clean energy tax credits in the megabill, one thing is certain: Energy demand is going up in this country and it is going to keep going up.
Real talk: How can we get more power fast?
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Real talk: How can we get more power fast?
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July 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM
While lawmakers spar ad infinitum over the fate of clean energy tax credits in the megabill, one thing is certain: Energy demand is going up in this country and it is going to keep going up.
Real talk: How can we get more power fast?
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Real talk: How can we get more power fast?
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@amenasaiyid.bsky.social reflects on returning to her home country of Pakistan to report on clean energy there.
She felt awe at towering wind turbines and heard inspiring stories of people creatively using clean energy.
Read more: www.ciphernews.com/articles/whi...
She felt awe at towering wind turbines and heard inspiring stories of people creatively using clean energy.
Read more: www.ciphernews.com/articles/whi...
Home court advantage: Whirling turbines, solarized schools and of course, food poisoning - Cipher News
For Amena Saiyid, returning to Pakistan to report on clean energy both challenged her as a journalist and gave her an opportunity to see her home country with fresh eyes.
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July 2, 2025 at 1:14 PM
@amenasaiyid.bsky.social reflects on returning to her home country of Pakistan to report on clean energy there.
She felt awe at towering wind turbines and heard inspiring stories of people creatively using clean energy.
Read more: www.ciphernews.com/articles/whi...
She felt awe at towering wind turbines and heard inspiring stories of people creatively using clean energy.
Read more: www.ciphernews.com/articles/whi...
Zephyr Power's full wind potential isn't being utilized by Pakistan largely because of aging infrastructure and poor government policies and planning,.
@amenasaiyid.bsky.social's on the ground reporting from Gharo, Sindh. www.ciphernews.com/articles/pak...
@amenasaiyid.bsky.social's on the ground reporting from Gharo, Sindh. www.ciphernews.com/articles/pak...
Pakistan’s wind power is going to waste - Cipher News
Pakistan's wind potential is not being fully utilized. Cipher toured Zephyr Power's 50-megawatt wind farm in the Sindh province to understand the problems facing the wind sector.
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June 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Zephyr Power's full wind potential isn't being utilized by Pakistan largely because of aging infrastructure and poor government policies and planning,.
@amenasaiyid.bsky.social's on the ground reporting from Gharo, Sindh. www.ciphernews.com/articles/pak...
@amenasaiyid.bsky.social's on the ground reporting from Gharo, Sindh. www.ciphernews.com/articles/pak...
What a difference a decade makes in energy investment trends. Back in 2015, fossil fuels dominated, according to @iea.org data.
Now, the electricity sector is out ahead. Read the latest #DataDive from Bill Spindle: www.ciphernews.com/articles/a-d...
Now, the electricity sector is out ahead. Read the latest #DataDive from Bill Spindle: www.ciphernews.com/articles/a-d...
A decade makes a huge difference in energy investment - Cipher News
Back in 2015, fossil fuels dominated the picture, amassing 30% more investments than electricity generation, grids and storage. Now, that ratio is reversing.
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June 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
What a difference a decade makes in energy investment trends. Back in 2015, fossil fuels dominated, according to @iea.org data.
Now, the electricity sector is out ahead. Read the latest #DataDive from Bill Spindle: www.ciphernews.com/articles/a-d...
Now, the electricity sector is out ahead. Read the latest #DataDive from Bill Spindle: www.ciphernews.com/articles/a-d...
@amyaharder.bsky.social snapped this photo during a rooftop lunch at one of the restaurants inside London's iconic Shard building with Anca Gurzu. Although solar (and even more so, rooftop solar) doesn't provide a big chunk of the United Kingdom's electricity, renewable power is growing.
June 26, 2025 at 8:24 PM
@amyaharder.bsky.social snapped this photo during a rooftop lunch at one of the restaurants inside London's iconic Shard building with Anca Gurzu. Although solar (and even more so, rooftop solar) doesn't provide a big chunk of the United Kingdom's electricity, renewable power is growing.
The U.S. needs a lot more power — and fast. Meeting that demand in the near-term is going to mean building solar and storage, embracing demand flexibility and VPPs, putting demand near supply and a whole lot of grid-boosting technology.
Here's the playbook: www.ciphernews.com/articles/her...
Here's the playbook: www.ciphernews.com/articles/her...
Here are four fast solutions in the current ‘race’ for power - Cipher News
With the rise of artificial intelligence, increased domestic manufacturing and growing electrification of vehicles and more, electricity demand in the U.S. is expected to soar in the coming years.
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June 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The U.S. needs a lot more power — and fast. Meeting that demand in the near-term is going to mean building solar and storage, embracing demand flexibility and VPPs, putting demand near supply and a whole lot of grid-boosting technology.
Here's the playbook: www.ciphernews.com/articles/her...
Here's the playbook: www.ciphernews.com/articles/her...
After four years of delivering solutions-focused climate and energy journalism, Cipher is winding down. Our final newsletter will publish on 7/16.
Thank you to our readers & Breakthrough Energy for your support. Our team will continue this work in new ways—stay tuned for more info.
Thank you to our readers & Breakthrough Energy for your support. Our team will continue this work in new ways—stay tuned for more info.
June 25, 2025 at 12:54 PM
After four years of delivering solutions-focused climate and energy journalism, Cipher is winding down. Our final newsletter will publish on 7/16.
Thank you to our readers & Breakthrough Energy for your support. Our team will continue this work in new ways—stay tuned for more info.
Thank you to our readers & Breakthrough Energy for your support. Our team will continue this work in new ways—stay tuned for more info.
In the midst of Haiti’s worst political and economic crisis in decades, an unexpected revolution is quietly taking place — one that could transform its energy landscape, write Evenson Calixte and Isabel Beltran in a #Voices article this week.
Read more: www.ciphernews.com/articles/hai...
Read more: www.ciphernews.com/articles/hai...
Haiti's crisis fuels a solar energy revolution - Cipher News
Haiti’s struggle with severe fuel shortages and an unstable grid has sparked a wave of innovative approaches to expanding energy access.
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June 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
In the midst of Haiti’s worst political and economic crisis in decades, an unexpected revolution is quietly taking place — one that could transform its energy landscape, write Evenson Calixte and Isabel Beltran in a #Voices article this week.
Read more: www.ciphernews.com/articles/hai...
Read more: www.ciphernews.com/articles/hai...
June 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Pakistan is on track to set a new record for Chinese solar panel imports, poised to surpass last year's record-breaking total, @amenasaiyid.bsky.social reports on the latest estimates from nonprofit Renewables First.
Read more in our latest #DataDive: www.ciphernews.com/articles/chi...
Read more in our latest #DataDive: www.ciphernews.com/articles/chi...
Chinese solar panel imports to Pakistan are soaring this year - Cipher News
Chinese solar panels exports to Pakistan are set to exceed last years's record-breaking total as Pakistanis adopt solar at a record pace to avoid rolling power blackouts and high electricity bills.
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June 20, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Pakistan is on track to set a new record for Chinese solar panel imports, poised to surpass last year's record-breaking total, @amenasaiyid.bsky.social reports on the latest estimates from nonprofit Renewables First.
Read more in our latest #DataDive: www.ciphernews.com/articles/chi...
Read more in our latest #DataDive: www.ciphernews.com/articles/chi...
Cipher Reader Jason Bordoff, who leads Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy, is shown here at sunset on the Uyuni Salt Flat, located in Bolivia, which is the largest salt flat in the world.
June 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Cipher Reader Jason Bordoff, who leads Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy, is shown here at sunset on the Uyuni Salt Flat, located in Bolivia, which is the largest salt flat in the world.