Renewable energy is potentially the greatest peace plan in history, U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said in her opening remarks at a U.S.-EU Energy Council Ministerial this week. "No country has been held hostage to access to the sun," Granholm said, quoting her Irish counterpart Eamon Ryan. "No country has been hostage to the wind. This is not just an energy and climate issue; it is also potentially the greatest peace plan that ever existed, to be able to build energy independence from clean energy," she said. "So,...