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!

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.

@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.

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A few highlights from this week:

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.

@amyaharder.bsky.social snapped this photo of monkeys walking on a powerline while on a trip to Costa Rica. She found it tragic to hear that they often get electrocuted if they touch certain parts of the infrastructure. The trend has led to a push for better measures to protect the monkeys.

Cipher reader Raahul Ramakrishnan snapped this photo of wind turbines while on a train to Antwerp, Belgium this spring. The turbines were just five minutes outside the city center, he told Cipher.

Bill Spindle took this photo of a solar array outside the airport in Santiago, Chile in December during his reporting trip to the country.

Cipher reader and principal at Maido Media Phil Keys took this picture of the PG&E Electra hydroelectric power plant in Amador County, California while visiting his brother earlier this year. The park near the plant is a popular place for locals, Keys told Cipher.

Anca Gurzu snapped this photo during a train ride back from London. The sun is setting behind wind turbines dotting the Belgian fields creating the impression of live painting, as Anca described it.

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Cipher’s associate editor Jillian Mock snapped this photo of a power line overlooking Hanalei Bay while hiking on a recent trip to Hawaii. After a steep uphill climb, hikers are rewarded with this breathtaking view (which is not diminished by the power lines!).

Bill Spindle took this photo of a hydroelectric dam on the Grijalva River near the town of Chicoasén in the Mexican state of Chiapas on a recent visit. Hydropower is a form of renewable electricity — although it can be affected by prolonged droughts.

@amenasaiyid.bsky.social snapped this photo on her reporting trip in Pakistan. The solar panels are being used to pump water from the river to irrigate the row of poplar trees lining the highway between Shigar and Khaplu, two major cities in the northern part of the country.