Wright criticized the emphasis of past Democratic administrations on renewable energy, which he says has yet to prove itself as a reliable source of electricity.

The Trump administration will end the Biden administration’s irrational, quasi-religious policies,” Wright said at the CERAWeek by S&P Global energy conference.

Secretary of Energy Chris Wright on Tuesday threw his support behind a vast expansion in geothermal energy. Emerging forms of geothermal use technology from the fossil fuel industry to generate power on demand without air pollution — something Wright’s company,