Cleantech Stock Investing Primer
Cleantech, just what in the heck is it and why, as an investor, do you care? As an investor, you should care about cleantech for two main reasons. First, there’s profit in it-and the field is growing. Second, it’s earth friendly.
Cleantech is the field term used by most (some also call it greentech) to describe products and services that improve productivity and performance while reducing earth-harming costs in the areas of energy consumption, waste and pollution.
What started as a small movement has exploded in recent years. According to Thomson Financial, investment in cleantech has avalanched by 500% in the past two years. As climate change becomes more of a hot topic, cleantech grows.
Cleantech components you might be familiar with include wind farms, hydro power, solar power and biofuels. There are six main industries within cleantech. Those industries are:
1. Energy (This is the main sector)
2. Agriculture
3. Transportation
4. Water
5. Advanced Materials
6. Energy use / manufacturing
Energy is the big industry in cleantech and the one that gets the most press. A couple companies that you may want to start your investing research on are:
1. Applied Materials
2. Cabot Corp.
3. Energy Conversion Devices
4. First Solar
5. SunPower
While most people gravitate toward researching solar power investment opportunities, don’t neglect other power sources. Wind farms (collection of wind turbines), for instance, are growing. The USA currently has the largest wind farm site. By 2020, the UK is working to power all its homes via wind farms.
If you’re interested in learning more about cleantech stock investing or the field in general, check out some of the URLS I’ve provided below. Cleantech is an investment you can feel good about.
Cleantech is the field term used by most (some also call it greentech) to describe products and services that improve productivity and performance while reducing earth-harming costs in the areas of energy consumption, waste and pollution.
What started as a small movement has exploded in recent years. According to Thomson Financial, investment in cleantech has avalanched by 500% in the past two years. As climate change becomes more of a hot topic, cleantech grows.
Cleantech components you might be familiar with include wind farms, hydro power, solar power and biofuels. There are six main industries within cleantech. Those industries are:
1. Energy (This is the main sector)
2. Agriculture
3. Transportation
4. Water
5. Advanced Materials
6. Energy use / manufacturing
Energy is the big industry in cleantech and the one that gets the most press. A couple companies that you may want to start your investing research on are:
1. Applied Materials
2. Cabot Corp.
3. Energy Conversion Devices
4. First Solar
5. SunPower
While most people gravitate toward researching solar power investment opportunities, don’t neglect other power sources. Wind farms (collection of wind turbines), for instance, are growing. The USA currently has the largest wind farm site. By 2020, the UK is working to power all its homes via wind farms.
If you’re interested in learning more about cleantech stock investing or the field in general, check out some of the URLS I’ve provided below. Cleantech is an investment you can feel good about.
By Jake Strong
Get more cleantech stocks info by visiting CleantechStocks.org. There’s also information about wind farms and cleantech in general there.
For the total energy investor, you’ll want to check out the energy stocks section at EnergyCapitalist.com. It deals with energy stocks, oil, and other energy investing issues.
