The National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Colorado is getting a name change. The groundbreaking research institute will no longer have the word “renewable” in its title, the U.S. Department of Energy announced earlier this month, and will instead be called the “National Laboratory of the Rockies.”
The announcement does not specify how, or whether, the name change will significantly shift the facility’s work, but says it “reflects the Trump administration’s broader vision for the lab’s applied energy research, which historically emphasized alternative and renewable sources of generation.” Since starting his second term in January, President Donald Trump has invested heavily in bolstering fossil fuel production while curbing investments in renewables.
“We are no longer picking and choosing energy sources,” assistant secretary of energy Audrey Robertson said.
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory, or NREL, emerged from the oil shocks of the early 1970s and has played a key role in developing many of the solar... Read more
