List of Alternative Energy and Clean Energy ETFs
This list was last updated on 4/27/2022.
ETFs are Exchange-listed funds which pool investor's money for the purpose of making Alternative Energy investments. Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) track a specified Alternative Energy index. This list also includes closed-end mutual funds and other pooled investments which trade on exchanges.
ALPS Clean Energy ETF (ACES)
ASN Groenprojectenfonds (ASNGF.AS)
Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF.L)
Defiance Next Gen H2 ETF (HDRO)
Evolve Funds Automobile Innovation Index ETF (CARS.TO)
First Trust Global Wind Energy Index (FAN)
First Trust Nasdaq Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund (GRID)
First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Green Energy Index Fund (QCLN)
Foresight Solar Fund Limited (FSFL.L)
Global X Lithium...
Investing in Biopolymers
Last month Eastman Chemical Company (EMN: NYSE) announced an expansion of its urethane extrusion line at one of its specialty chemical plants. This one located near Martinsville, Virginia makes paint protection films and window films. Urethane is perfect to protect surfaces in a home or business. It is not brittle like plastic, but has excellent tolerance for grease and oils. When exposed to the elements it does not rot or degrade over time like rubber.
Shareholders likely cheered the development in Virginia for potential addition to market share. Eastman grabbed $9.6 billion in sales from the specialty chemicals market in 2017, earning $1.4 billion in net income or...
List of Fuel Cell Stocks
Fuel cell stocks are publicly traded companies whose business involves fuel cells, devices for efficiently converting the energy in a fuel (often hydrogen) directly into electricity by chemical means, without combustion. Applications include road transport, large-scale energy storage and short-haul transport such as forklifts.
This list was last updated on 5/6/2021
AFC Energy (AFC.L)
Ballard Power Corporation (BLDP)
Bloom Energy Corporation (BE)
Cell Impact AB (CI-B.ST)
Ceres Power Holdings PLC (CPWHF)
Enova Systems (ENVS) - out of business since 2015.
FuelCell Energy (FCEL)
Impact Coatings AB (IMPC.ST)
ITM Power (ITM.L, ITMPF)
McPhy Energy SA (MCPHY: PA)
myFC Holding AB (MYFC.ST)
Neah Power Systems (NPWZ)
Nikola Corporation (NKLA)
Plug Power (PLUG)
PowerCell Sweden AB (PCELL.ST, PCELF)
Proton...
Fortunately, Unfortunately: The Spring Saga of American Ethanol
by Jim Lane
The ethanol signals from Washington DC are more inexplicably mixed than cocktails with names like Sex on the Beach. Let’s parse through the wigwagging over the future of American biofuels supply and demand — ethanol and otherwise.
Fortunately: Trump backs year-round E15 ethanol blends
In Washington, President Trump endorsed year-round E15 ethanol availability as an emerging compromise between oil refiners and US farm sector.
The Renewable Fuel Standard is a federal program that requires transportation fuel sold in the United States to contain a minimum volume of renewable fuels. The RFS originated in a bi-partisan Congress with the Energy Policy Act...
List of Battery Stocks
Battery stocks are publicly traded companies whose business involves the manufacture of batteries, battery components, or battery management systems used to store electricity through electrochemical means.
This list was last updated on 3/21/2022.
Advanced Battery Technologies Inc (ABAT)
Albermarle Corp (ALB)
Aspen Aerogels, Inc. (ASPN)
Axion Power International (AXPW)
BioSolar, Inc. (BSRC)
BYD Company, Ltd. (BYDDY)
China BAK Battery (CBAK)
Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited (300750.SZ)
Eguana Technologies Inc. (EGT.V)
Electrovaya, Inc. (EFL.TO)
EnerSys (ENS)
Eos Energy Enterprises, Inc. (EOSE)
ESS Inc. (GWH)
Fluence Energy, Inc. (FLNC)
Flux Power Holdings, Inc (FLUX)
Global X Lithium ETF (LIT)
Highpower International (HPJ)
Invinity Energy Systems (IES.L, IVVGF)
Johnson Controls (JCI)
Li-Cycle Holdings Corp. (LICY)
Lithium Technology Corporation (LTHUQ)
Livent Corporation (LTHM)
mPhase Technologies (XDSL)
Microvast Holdings,...
List of Biofuel Stocks
Biiofuel stocks are publicly traded companies whose business involves transportation fuels or any other form of liquid fuel made from plant or animal feedstocks (also called biomass). Included (but listed separately) are ethanol and biodiesel stocks.
Algae-Tec, Ltd. (ALGXY)
Amyris, Inc. (AMRS)
Andersons Inc (ANDE)
Archer Daniels Midland (ADM)
Calyx Bio-Ventures Inc. (CLX.V)
Ceres, Inc. (CERE)
Codexis, Inc. (CDXS)
Dyadic International (DYAI)
Dynamotive Energy Systems (DYMTF)
Gevo, Inc. (GEVO)
Green Earth Technologies (GETG)
GreenHunter Energy (GRH)
Greenshift Corporation (GERS)
Metabolix, Inc. (MBLX)
Neste Oil (NEF.F,NESTE.HE,NTOIY,NTOIF)
Novozymes (NVZMY)
Rentech (RTK)
Viral Genetics, Inc. (VRAL)
If you know of any biofuel stock that is not listed here or in the lists of ethanol or biodiesel stocks, and should be, please let...
List of Biodiesel Stocks
Biodiesel stocks are publicly traded companies whose business involves producing biodiesel made from oils and fats for use as a fuel diesel engines, either alone or blended with petroleum derived diesel. Common feedstocks include soybean oil, palm oil, and waste oils from the food industry. Biodiesel is the most widely produced and used advanced biofuel, and all biodiesel stocks are also biofuel stocks.
This list was last updated on 7/20/2022.
China Clean Energy Inc. (CCGY)
FutureFuel Corp. (FF)
Green Star Products, Inc. (GSPI)
Greenshift Corporation (GERS)
Methes Energies International (MEIL)
Neste Oil (NEF.F)
PetroSun, Inc. (PSUD)
RDX Technologies, Inc. (RDX.V)
If you know of any biodiesel stock that is...
List of Ethanol Stoccks
This Post was updated on 8/16/21.
Ethanol stocks are publicly traded companies whose business involves producing ethanol alcohol (C2H5OH) made from biomass for use as a fuel in gasoline blends. Common feedstocks include corn and sugar cane. Ethanol is the most widely produced and used biofuel, and all ethanol stocks are also biofuel stocks.
Aemetis, Inc. (AMTX)
Andersons Inc (ANDE)
Archer Daniels Midland (ADM)
Bluefire Renewables (BFRE)
Cosan Ltd (CZZ)
Green Plains Partners LP (GPP)
Green Plains Renewable Energy (GPRE)
MGP Ingredients (MGPI)
Pacific Ethanol (PEIX)
Raízen S.A. (RAIZ4.SA)
REX American Resources Corp. (REX)
SunOpta (STKL)
If you know of any ethanol stock that is not listed here and should be, please let us know...
List of Biomass Stocks
Biomass stocks are publicly traded companies whose business involves growing, collecting, or using biological matter (biomass) which can be used to make some other form of energy. Biomass includes human waste, municipal solid waste, sewage sludge, as well as industrial wastes such leftover wood from logging operations.
4energy Invest (ENINV.BR)
Andritz Group (ADRZF)
Arcadia Biosciences, Inc. (RKDA)
BioAmber (BIOA)
Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. (BNET)
Bunge, Ltd. (BG)
Claymore/Clear Global Timber Index (CUT)
Darling Ingredients (DAR)
Deltic Timber Corp. (DEL)
EcoSynthetix, Inc. (ECO.TO)
Enviva Partners, LP (EVA)
IQ Global Agribusiness Small Cap (CROP)
iShares Global Timber & Forestry Index Fund (WOOD)
John Deere (DE)
Market Vectors® Environmental Services ETF (EVX)
Pinnacle Renewable Holdings Inc. (PL.TO)
Plum Creek...
List of Alternative Transportation Stocks
Alternative Transportation Stocks are publicly traded companies that offer transportation options that use less fuel per passenger-mile or freight-mile than traditional options. Includes mass transit (both rail and bus), bicycles, and two wheel vehicles.
A. P. Moller - Maersk Group (MAERSK-B.CO)
Accell Group (ACCEL.AS)
Blue Bird Corporation (BLBD)
Bombardier Inc (BDRBF)
Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (0MK5.L)
CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive (ZHUZF)
Canadian National Railway Company (CNI)
Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (CP)
CSX Corporation (CSX)
Cubic Corporation (CUB)
Dorel Industries (DIIBF)
Firstgroup, PLC (FGP.L)
Giant Manufacturing (9921.TW)
Grande West Transportation Group Inc. (BUS.V)
Great Lakes Dredge and Dock (GLDD)
Greenbrier (GBX)
L. B. Foster (FSTR)
Merida Industry Co. Ltd. (9914.TW)
National Express Group (NEX.L)
New Flyer Industries (NFYEF, NFI.TO)
Norfolk...
Greening of Utility Dividends
Investors looking for income have long relied on the stocks of electric utilities. Naturally cash generative utility companies have a history of generous dividend payout policies. However, for those investors who have a concern about sustainability or climate change, even utilities with the highest dividend yields may not be appealing.
We looked at a selection of nine utility companies with mixed achievements in terms of the percentage of renewable energy sources found in their retail sales of electricity. The intensity of renewable energy in utility portfolios varies considerably across the industry. Many utilities are grappling with legacy coal and oil infrastructure. Others are not favored...
Europe’s New Renewable Energy Directive
by Helena Tavares Kennedy
You may have heard that the European Parliament voted in favor of the RED II (Renewable Energy Directive) proposal in January. Probably the most notable (or at least covered in the news the most) was their decision to remove biodiesel made from palm oil from its list of biofuels that can count towards the EU’s renewables target from 2021.
It also voted that “biomass fuels consumed in transport, if produced from food or feed crops, shall be no more than the contribution from those to the gross final consumption of energy from renewable energy sources in 2017 in that Member...
Westport’s New High Pressure Direct Injection System
Earlier this week Westport Fuel Systems (WPRT: Nasdaq) announced a technology breakthrough with its high pressure direct injection system for truck engines using natural gas as a fuel. A new cryogenic pump has been development for high-horsepower applications and integrated into Westport’s fuel system, which has apparently been demonstrated at higher cylinder pressures. The company apparently plans to load the innovation, which it called Westport HPDI 2.0, into next generation diesel engines.
Investors interested in renewable energy or focused environmental improvements are probably wondering why this little company outside Vancouver, Canada could be important.
The uncomfortable truth is that the world’s addiction to fossil fuel will not...
Aemetis’ Cellulosic Ethanol From Orchard Waste Project
by Jim Lane
There were more than 100 presentations at ABLC last week and not a clunker amongst them, but if I were to point the reader’s attention at one or two that stood out from the rest because of the short-term or long-term implications, I’d start with the news from Aemetis (AMTX) that they are embarking now on a $158 million cellulosic ethanol plant — to be built in Riverbank, California, in partnership with LanzaTech.
Cellulosic ethanol is selling for such a high price in California right now — the value jumps north of $4.00 per gallon at times —...
OLED Miscues
Last week shares of Universal Display (OLED: Nasdaq) closed down 15.8% on the week. The price move was a surprise, especially for Universal’s ebullient management team. The company had reported sales and earnings well above expectations for the fourth quarter ending December 2017, as the market embraces the company's proprietary energy-saving display technology. The consensus had been for $0.85 in earnings per share on $100 million in total sales for the quarter. Management delivered.
Sales in the quarter totaled $115.9 million as sales of proprietary PHOLED phosphorescent materials soared. Net income was $32.8 million or $0.69 per share. Excluding a one-time write-off of deferred tax assets of $11.5 million...
Ten Clean Energy Stocks For 2018: Stormy Winter
Tom Konrad Ph.D., CFA
While the broad market has been turbulent for the start of 2018, clean energy stocks have fared worse than most. The Trump administration's anti-environmental efforts had little effect on clean energy stocks in 2017 (it was a banner year for this model portfolio). So far, this year has been quite different. Last year, investors seemed unfazed by the chaos in Washington, but with the single "win" of the Republican tax give-away to corporations, investors now seem to think that Trump may indeed be able to deliver on his polluter-funded agenda.
Income-oriented stocks have also been taking a...
