The announcement by Number 10 Downing Street came as Theresa May assembled her new government a day after taking power.
Clark, who takes over the energy brief from Amber Rudd, was the communities secretary in the government of former Prime Minister David Cameron.
The merging of energy into a larger government entity – and the disappearance of climate change from the title of a major department of state – stirred fears of another period of disruption for the sector, and over how central a role clean energy issues will play in future UK policy.
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