Overview

• Graichen admitted that appointing his close friend as head of the Deutsche Energie-Agentur was a personal mistake that led to his dismissal in May 2023 over nepotism allegations.
• He declared his intention to reenter climate and energy politics to oppose what he calls a global rollback of climate policies.
• Graichen has joined the supervisory board of Ukrainian grid operator Ukrenergo to strengthen his involvement in European energy security.
• He cautioned that influential parties are working to pull Germany back into gas reliance and undermine its goal of climate neutrality by 2045.
• Graichen is exploring a book project that will contrast clean electricity solutions with continued fossil fuel dependence to highlight the current energy debate.