Trump Administration Rebrands Wind Power as "Aeromechanical Energy Systems" at DOE

The US Department of Energy has reportedly adopted a new term for wind turbines, referring to them as “aeromechanical energy systems,” in what critics describe as the latest chapter in the Trump administration’s hostility toward wind power.

The rebranding follows a pattern of repeated public attacks on wind turbines by President Donald Trump, who has long claimed the technology is costly and unreliable. The wording shift appears to avoid the word “wind” altogether.

The change has been met with ridicule from clean energy observers, who see it as an attempt to distance the technology from a term the administration has spent years denigrating.

Wind remains a major source of renewable electricity in the United States, and analysts say relabeling the equipment does not change its role in the grid or the economics that drive its adoption.