According to Munich Re, the electricity produced in solar thermal power plants in North Africa and transported from there to Europe as a possibility that is no longer a distant vision but rather an technologically achievable possibility.

Cleantech is certainly a long-term trend and not a short-term bubble on the stock markets.  Jack Uldrich gives six reasons for the long-term growth of clean and renewable energy in his book. Green Investing. A Guide to Making Money through Environment-Friendly Stocks. The first is the rising cost of oil. Oil is a scarce natural resource [...]

The stock markets have rallied for three months after the low of early March 2009. Almost any investment has been profitable during this period but solar energy sector has shown extraordinary good performance. Claymore/MAC (Ticker: TAN) has gained 121.8 % during the last three months. During the same time, Market Vectors Solar Energy ETF (Ticker: KWT) [...]

The Ardour Solar Energy Index(SM) (TICKER: SOLRX) will add one new component to the index The addition will be effective 6:00 PM (EDT) Friday, June 19, 2009. No stock will be deleted from the index and consequently the number of index components will change to 31. The change is a result of the quarterly rebalancing [...]

The Market Vectors Solar Energy ETF (NYSE: KWT) is another interesting solar energy ETF quoted on the New York Stock Exchange. It seeks to replicate the performance of the Ardour Solar Energy Index (SOLRX). The Ardour Solar Energy Index SM is calculated and maintained by Dow Jones Indexes. The index tracked included  companies from around [...]

The Claymore/MAC Global Solar Energy Index ETF (NYSE:TAN), is another interesting clean tech ETF. The ETF seeks to present results that correspond generally to the performance of the MAC Global Solar Energy Index. The Index is designed to track companies within certain segments of the solar energy industry: companies that produce solar power equipment and products [...]

The PowerShares Cleantech Portfolio is based on the Cleantech index, which is designed to identify the companies that have the greatest capital appreciation potential. Cleantech products and services, are designed to prevent these problems from occurring in the first place, creating a unique and innovative investment space.

Jeremy Grantham is a portfolio manager who 1998 correctly predicted that the annualized return of the S&P 500 would be zero over the next decade. In the latest Smart Money, he was asked about his favorite sectors for long-time investments.

In the current economic climate, many investors are sceptical when it comes to investments in so-called green stocks. Shouldn’t we rather be buying blue chips instead of green chips? What are green stocks, anyway? Green Stocks Green stocks can broadly be defined as stocks of companies, that are involved in improving our environment. There is no universally [...]