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Illustration of a person with a hydrogen molecule for a head holding up a giant key and holding it up to a key hole in a bar of steel. — Renewable hydrogen can unlock green steel promise
Clean hydrogen is a potential game-changer for the steel industry. To realize all the benefits of sustainable steelmaking, the government needs to commit to hydrogen made from renewable energy. Voices
Hilary Lewis 3 min read

An illustration of the Earth on the left and the Sun on the right, with a robot arm holding up a satellite in between both. — How to get solar power from space
A step-by-step breakdown that involves 60,000 layers of power modules the size of coffee tables tens of thousands of miles away from Earth. Explainers
Anca Gurzu 5 min read

Illustration with a green bar chart overlaid on top of a photo of two people standing by a large wind turbine in a field. — At two years, GOP states benefit the most from climate law
At the two-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act, the nation's signature climate law, Republican-led states are benefiting most from the law's clean energy tax credits. Data Dives
Amena H. Saiyid 2 min read

We have questions about electrolyzers, the machines making clean hydrogen… These executives have answers
Cipher sat down with executives from a handful of companies making electrolyzers, the machines that make clean hydrogen using renewable energy, to get the lay of the land. Q&A
Amena H. Saiyid 4 min read

Surging power demand fuels new nuclear interest, federal funding

The exploding global demand for energy, combined with the urgent race to reduce carbon emissions, is focusing interest and investment on the once-staid, long-stagnant nuclear industry. Latest News

Cat Clifford 5 min read

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How to understand new nuclear energy

The nuclear industry is attempting to reinvent itself. To meet growing demand for clean, always-on energy, companies and governments are developing innovative nuclear plants that come in smaller sizes and use more advanced, and potentially safer, technologies. Explainers

Cat Clifford 6 min read

A hand from above reaches down and selects the medium size of three cups; there is also one small and one large, and they all have a nuclear power symbol on them.

Industrial emissions poised to become largest U.S. carbon source 

The industrial sector is slated to become the largest source of carbon emissions in the United States over the next decade, according to new data from the Rhodium Group shared exclusively with Cipher.  Data Dives

Amena H. Saiyid 2 min read

Industrial emissions are poised to become the largest source of U.S. emissions in the next decade, even surpassing the transportation sector, according to Rhodium Group's new findings, shared exclusively with Cipher.

U.S. cleantech spending benefits marginalized communities

Communities hit hardest by climate impacts, unchecked pollution and coal-related job losses have received an outsized share of U.S. cleantech spending under the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, according to an updated Clean Investment Monitor analysis shared exclusively with Cipher. Data Dives

Amena H. Saiyid 2 min read

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How to close the ‘missing middle’

There is a financing gap in the economy for getting so-called ‘first of their kind’ projects to scale. A few solutions could help cleantech companies and investors bridge that gap. Voices

Heather Zichal & Ramaswamy Variankaval 4 min read

An illustration that shows a bridge with a lightning bulb on one side and a dollar sign on the other.