Want to make some Green?
June 7th, 2007 by Daniel One of our main purposes for this website is not only to do something good for the planet, but to also help consumers save money by cutting energy costs. Well, I’ve decided to take that a step further by helping to point out some investments that present ways of hopefully making money for investing in companies that are doing something good for the environment.
Stock Symbol – Company Name
• Solar Stocks
o ESLR – Evergreen Solar
o FSLR – First Solar
o SPWR – SunPower
o LDK – LDK Solar Inc.
o YGE – Yingli Green Energy Holding Company
• Wind Stocks
o GE – General Electric (Yes, the General Electric. They’re subsidiary GE Wind is a leader in wind power)
o FPL – FPL Group Inc.
• Ethanol
o GPRE – Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc.
o PEIX – Pacific Ethanol, Inc.
o USBE – US BioEnergy Corporation
o VSE – VeraSun Energy Corp.
• BioMass
o MEOH – Methanex Corporation
o GEYC – Green Energy Corp.
• Hydrogen Fuel Cell
o HYGS – Hydrogenics Corporation
o QTWW – Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc.
o FCEL – Fuel Cell Energy
o PLUG – Plug Power Inc.
• Geothermal
o ORA – Ormat Technologies Inc.
• Wave Power
o OPTT – Ocean Power Tech Ocean Power Technologies, Inc.
• Recycling
o AERT – Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc.
o CSAR – Caraustar Industries, Inc.
• Renewable Energy Automotive
o CLNE – Clean Energy Fuels Corp.
o ENA – Enova Systems Inc.
o SATC – SatCon Technology Corporation
• Green Mutual Funds
o Winslow Green Growth Fund: WGGFX
o PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy: PBW
o Guinness Atkinson Alternative Energy Fund: GAAEX
