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Green Stocks for 2009

Thank you all for your positive comments on this article. In response to Advill, who says the picks are old news, that's the point. This is the time to focus on leaders, not risky new companies. Sure, I couldn've listed many other companies like Google that are involved in Smart Grid, for example. This article points to the main pure plays in the field and isn't meant to list every possible company. GE is an important player, but look at how it's stock has performed compared to Vestas, and GE is involved in so many businesses it's stock price doesn't move based on its clean energy positions.

2009: Boom or Bust for Clean Energy?

To respond to User 224899: Solar and wind technologies have been growing in the range of 40% a year for about 5 years now. The cleantech sector as a whole is one of the top sectors for venture capital investment across the world, so clearly many people find this field ripe for investment.

When President Carter created incentives for the field, solar took off. When Reagan came into office, he immediately removed the solar panels from the White House as well as any beneficial policies for clean energy, that's why the tide turned against cleantech.

There is no going back now. The jury is out on climate change. The wind industry is mature enough to stand on its own, and prices for solar are dropping rapidly thanks to just a few years of positive support.

How Does the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act Impact Cleantech?

There are many problems with nuclear and turning coal into liquids. Every major cleantech NGO has come out against both technologies, including the venerable Amory Lovins at Rocky Mountain Institute.

Here's an article I wrote on the problems of nuclear:
www.sustainablebusines...

Clean energy technologies like energy efficient products, super-efficient buildings and wind and solar power can deliver environmental results and meet more of our energy needs much sooner than building new nuclear power plants, and create more jobs at a lower cost to taxpayers-without the collateral environmental and security risks.

How Does the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act Impact Cleantech?

There are many problems with nuclear and turning coal into liquids. Every major cleantech NGO has come out against both technologies, including the venerable Amory Lovins at Rocky Mountain Institute.

Here's an article I wrote on the problems of nuclear:
www.sustainablebusines...

Clean energy technologies like energy efficient products, super-efficient buildings and wind and solar power can deliver environmental results and meet more of our energy needs much sooner than building new nuclear power plants, and create more jobs at a lower cost to taxpayers-without the collateral environmental and security risks.

How Does the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act Impact Cleantech?

There are many problems with nuclear and turning coal into liquids. Every major cleantech NGO has come out against both technologies, including the venerable Amory Lovins at Rocky Mountain Institute.

Here's an article I wrote on the problems of nuclear:
www.sustainablebusines...

Clean energy technologies like energy efficient products, super-efficient buildings and wind and solar power can deliver environmental results and meet more of our energy needs much sooner than building new nuclear power plants, and create more jobs at a lower cost to taxpayers-without the collateral environmental and security risks.

How Does the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act Impact Cleantech?

There are many problems with nuclear and turning coal into liquids. Every major cleantech NGO has come out against both technologies, including the venerable Amory Lovins at Rocky Mountain Institute.

Here's an article I wrote on the problems of nuclear:
www.sustainablebusines...

Clean energy technologies like energy efficient products, super-efficient buildings and wind and solar power can deliver environmental results and meet more of our energy needs much sooner than building new nuclear power plants, and create more jobs at a lower cost to taxpayers-without the collateral environmental and security risks.