Moving models of flowers powered by solar energy are displayed at the entrance of the European Union Council headquarters in Brussels Feb. 18, 2008, to raise awareness energy issues. (Yves Herman/Reuters)
A renewable energy lobby seeks power in Brussels
The European Renewable Energy Council thinks renewables could supply 100 percent of Europe's future energy needs.
BRUSSELS, Belgium — It wasn’t so long ago that the idea of powering homes and factories with energy from wind, waves or the sun's rays was viewed as the pipedream of a few hippies and idealists.
But the hard-headed lobbyists representing the renewable energy industry in Europe these days has come a long way from that image of tree-hugging dreamers.
“The...
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