US EditionTrump’s Energy Department Revamp Nixes Clean-Energy Offices
The DOE reorganization consolidates offices to emphasize fossil fuels, minerals, and nuclear energy, renaming the Loan Programs Office to the Office of Energy Dominance Financing.
- On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Energy announced a reorganization prioritizing oil and nuclear over renewables and efficiency, accompanied by a new organizational chart and brief press release.
- Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the reorganization aligns DOE with President Trump’s energy dominance agenda to lower costs and restore energy policy commonsense, reflecting efforts to undo some 2022 changes linked to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
- The plan rebrands the Loan Programs Office as the Office of Energy Dominance Financing, which absorbed the Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation led by Audrey Robertson, and merged geothermal with fossil fuels into a Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy Office.
- DOE faces fallout with staff uncertainty after a Friday town hall and 180 notified of possible reassignment amid $7.5 billion in project cancellations.
- The consolidation effectively centralizes nearly $400 billion lending authority under Audrey Robertson's portfolio, prompting concerns about concentrated oversight while boosting commercialization efforts in the private fusion sector.
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Trump Energy Department Reorganizes Around Fossil, Nuclear ...
The Trump administration is eliminating Energy Department offices focused on clean energy and renewables and, instead, creating units dedicated to hydrocarbons and fusion energy.
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Oil & Gas 360Trump administration restructures DOE, dropping clean-energy offices in favor of hydrocarbons
The U.S. Department of Energy has eliminated key clean-energy and renewable offices as part of a broad Trump administration reorganization, replacing them with new divisions focused on hydrocarbons, geothermal development, and fusion. The shift underscores a major policy pivot toward expanding domestic oil and gas production.
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