"The Trump administration is eliminating Energy Department offices focused on clean energy and renewables and, instead, creating units dedicated to hydrocarbons and fusion energy. 

The changes are part of an agency reorganization unveiled Thursday. There are no staffing reductions as part of the realignment, an Energy Department spokesman said in an email.

Among the units eliminated are the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations, which under former President Joe Biden awarded billions of dollars for technologies such as carbon capture and hydrogen hubs. The Trump administration previously recommended shutting down the office and reducing its staff of roughly 250 people to 35, while cancelling billions of dollars in awards.

The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, which funded research for LED light bulbs, plug-in electric trucks, and solar and wind technologies, was also cut, according to an organizational chart. The Department said the office has been renamed the Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation and some employees from the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations, as well as another office that was eliminated — the Grid Deployment Office — have been been moved there or to other areas."

Ari Natter reports for Bloomberg November 20, 2025. [2]

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