As it turns out, that might not be the case. The Department of Energy’s X account recently put out a tweet with a link to an article in the Washington Examiner, a conservative news magazine, quoting Secretary Chris Wright on the “worthless” infrastructure for solar and wind energy.
Wright’s remarks were partially in response to President Donald Trump’s ongoing attack on clean energy, specifically his comment that wind and solar power are “THE SCAM OF THE CENTURY.” The magazine wrote: “The secretary claimed that, without proper battery technology, wind and solar energy infrastructure is essentially ‘worthless’ when it is dark and when the wind isn’t blowing.”