Jennifer Granholm on the challenges of transition to cleaner energy sources

Jennifer Granholm on the challenges of transition to cleaner energy sources

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Welcome back, everyone. Good afternoon, good evening, wherever you are. I'm Derek Brower, the FT's US energy editor. I'm in New York, so anybody joining me on this side of the Atlantic, welcome.

One person who is, and I am delighted is joining us, is the United States Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm for the conference's last session. Truly leaving the best last, I think.

I don't know about that.

Before we begin, a note of housekeeping. Please, any questions that you have for Madam Secretary, please send them in using the box, chat box, on the right of your screen. And second, if you want to tweet about this, please use the hashtag #FTEnergyTran.

Madam Secretary, welcome. Let's begin. If I could I'd like to start with Europe because a lot of our audience is there. There's an energy crisis under way, as you know, in Europe. Gas and electricity prices are at historic highs. Do you blame Russia for this?

Well, we're certainly watching it. I'll say this. I just got back from Poland and met with a number of the eastern and central European countries, and there was a deep concern that there was