Federal officials on Monday renamed the National Renewable Energy Laboratory — which is headquartered in Golden — and removed any mention of renewable energy.

The decades-old energy research hub is now called the National Laboratory of the Rockies, Department of Energy officials said in a news release.

“We are no longer picking and choosing energy sources,” Assistant Energy Secretary Audrey Robertson said in the release. “Our highest priority is to invest in the scientific capabilities that will restore American manufacturing, drive down costs, and help this country meet its soaring energy demand.”

The national lab was created in the fallout of the 1973 oil crisis, which spiked the price of oil and limited imports to the United States. The lab was first named the Solar Energy Research I

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