Jillian Mock

New York

Freelance Science Journalist at Freelance

Freelance Reporter at Audubon

Science Writer at Scientific American

Freelance science journalist | Associate editor @CipherClimate | @Middlebury & @NYU alum | Texan in NYC she/her

Articles

Five states lead on solar and wind manufacturing. Here’s why.

1 month ago | ciphernews.com | Jillian Mock

Just five states have received nearly half of all the investments into wind and solar manufacturing projects in the United States since 2018, according to a Cipher analysis. In the seven years ending in 2024, 118 solar manufacturing projects were announced nationwide, amounting to $26 billion in investments, according to an analysis of Cipher’s Cleantech Tracker. In the same period, 28 wind manufacturing projects were announced worth $5 billion.
Despite fossil fuels dominating, wind and solar are surging

May 17, 2024 | ciphernews.com | Jillian Mock

Wind and solar power’s slice of the global electricity pie is surging, having increased roughly sevenfold over the last dozen or so years. Together, these renewable energy sources of power generated 13.4% of the world’s electricity in 2023, up from a mere 1.78% in 2010, according to climate think tank Ember. Renewable energy, including wind, solar and hydropower, generated a record 30% of the world’s electricity last year, according to a report released by the think tank last week.
Carbon capture needs to ramp up significantly by 2030

Oct 13, 2023 | ciphernews.com | Jillian Mock

Efforts to capture carbon dioxide emissions need to accelerate rapidly in the next seven years to get on track and help the world achieve net zero by mid-century, according to a new report. In its Net Zero Roadmap, first released in May 2021 and updated in September, the International Energy Agency incorporates policy, technology and financial developments to determine how to achieve net zero emissions from the energy sector by 2050.
Jillian Mock | Popular Science

Sep 23, 2023 | popsci.com | Jillian Mock