Green Energy ETFs

Narrowing down the top ten holdings of each respective Index Fund of green energy.

Since there have been many questions about which companies are key shareholders in the world of Index Funds, here is a list of the top ten shareholders for each. Included are funds in solar, wind, water, and clean energy.

Solar Energy ETFs:

Claymore/MAC Global Solar Energy Index ETF (NYSE: TAN)

This fund tracks the corresponding performance of investments results and the equity index, MAC Global Solar Energy. This Index follows companies within various business segments of the solar energy industry. These companies include those that produce the essential means of solar power. A few include solar power equipments and products, raw materials and components, distribution, installation, and financing.

Claymore/MAC lists these companies as its top ten holdings:

• First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq:FSLR)

• MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. (NYSE:WFR)
  

• Q-Cells (Berlin:QCE.BE)

• Renewable Energy (Oslo:REC.OL)
  

• SMA Solar Tech (Berlin:S92.BE)
  

• SolarWorld (Berlin:SWV.BE)

• SunPower Corp. (Nasdaq: SPWRA)

• Suntech Power Holdings Co. (NYSE:STP)

• Trina Solar Ltd. (NYSE:TSL)
  

• Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. (NYSE:YGE)
  

Market Vectors Solar Energy ETF (NYSE: KWT)

Market Vectors Solar Energy seeks to replicate (as always, prior to fees and expenses), the activity of the Ardour Solar Energy Index, SOLRX. This Index allows for an objective exposure of companies that derive at least 66% of their profits from solar energy.

Market Vectors Solar Energy lists these companies as its top ten holdings:

• Energy Conversion Devices (Nasdaq:ENER)

• First Solar Inc.(Nasdaq:FSLR)

• MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. (NYSE:WFR)

• Renewable Energy (Oslo:REC.OL)
  

• SMA Solar Tech (Berlin:S92.BE)
  

• SolarWorld (XETRA:SWV)

• SunPower Corp. (Nasdaq:SPWRA)

• Suntech Power Holdings (NYSE:STP)

• Trina Solar Limited (NYSE:TSL)
  

• Yingli Green Energy (NYSE:YGE)

Wind Energy ETFs:

First Trust Global Wind Energy ETF (NYSE: FAN)

This Index Fund is based upon the ISE Global Wind Energy Index. It is a modified market capitalization weighted index that indicates publicly traded companies active in the wind energy industry around the globe. A company's place in this index is determined through the analysis of offered products and services.

First Trust Global Wind Energy lists these companies as its top ten holdings:

• Broadwind Energ, Inc. (Nasdaq:BWEN)

• EDP Renovaveis SA (Lisbon:EDPR.LS)
  

• FERSA (MCE:FRS.MC)

• GAMESA (MCE:GAM)

• Hansen Transmissions International (LON:HSN)

• Iberdrola Renovables (Nasdaq:IBR)

• Infigen Energy (XETRA:B4U.DE)

• Nordex (Frankfurt:NDX1)

• REpower Systems (XETRA:RPW)

• Vestas Wind Systems (CPH:VWS)

Water ETFs:

Claymore S&P Global Water ETF (NYSE: CGW)

This fund tracks the corresponding performance of investments results and the equity index, S&P Global Water Index. This Index is comprised of about 50 equity securities which are chosen from a global market of companies associated with water, water utilities, infrastructure, equipment, instruments, and materials. They are selected based upon investments as well as other criteria.

Claymore S&P identifies these companies as its top ten holdings:

• Danaher Corp. (NYSE:DHR)

• Geberit (VTX:GEBN)

• ITT Corporation (NYSE:ITT)

• Kurita Water Industries Ltd (TSE:6370)

• Nalco Holding Company (NYSE:NLC)

• Severn Trent (LSE:SVT.L)
  

• Suez Environment (Paris:SEV.PA)

• United Utilities Group PLC (LSE:UU)

• Veolia Environment (Nasdaq:VIE)
  

• WorleyParsons Limited (ASX:WOR.AX)
  

First Trust ISE Water ETF (NYSE: FIW):

This fund seeks investment outcomes that correspond to the price and yield of an equity index titled the ISE Water Index. The ISE Water Index^TM is a modified capitalization-weighted index that is comprised of companies which gain a significant portion of their various revenues from the potable and wastewater industry. The companies must satisfy requirements based on liquidity, market capitalization and weighing concentration. It is rebalanced on a semi-annual basis.

First Trust ISE Water lists these companies as its top ten holdings:

• American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE:AWK)
  

• Basic Sanitation Company of the State of Pao Paulo ADR (NYSE:SBS)
  

• I T T Corporation (NYSE:ITT)
  

• Millipore CP (NYSE:MIL)
  

• Nalco Holding Co. (NYSE: NLC)

• Pall Corp. (NYSE:PLL)
  

• Pentair, Inc. (NYSE:PNR)

• Roper Industries Inc. (NYSE:ROP)
  

• VEOLIA ENVIRONNEMENT (Nasdaq:VIE)

• Watts Water Techonologies, Inc. (NYSE: WTS)

PowerShares Water Resources ETF (NYSE: PHO) :

PowerShares Water Resources lists these companies as its top ten holdings:

• AECOM Techonology Corp. (NYSE:ACM)

• Ameron Inc International Corporation (NYSE:AMN)
  

• Danaher Corp. (NYSE:DHR)

• Flowserve Corp. (NYSE:FLS)
  

• Itron, Inc. (Nasdaq:ITRI)

• Roper Industries Inc.(NYSE:ROP)
  

• Tetra Tech Inc. (Nasdaq:TTEK

• Valmont Industries Inc. (NYSE:VMI)

• VEOLIA ENVIRONNEMENT (NYSE:VE)

• Watts Water Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:WTS)

PowerShares Global Water ETF (AMEX: PIO):

The PowerShares Global Water Portfolio, based on the Palisades Global Water Index, identifies global companies that focus on provisions such as potable water, the treatment of water and related services corresponding to global water consumption. This portfolio is rebalanced quarterly.

PowerShares Global Water lists these companies as its top ten holdings:

• Hyflux (SES:600.SI)
  

• Kemira Oyj (LSE:OKAC.L)
  

• Kurita Water Industries Ltd. (XETRA:KWI.DE)
  

• Nalco Holding Co. (NYSE:NLC)

• Stantec Inc. (NYSE:STN)

• Organo Corporation (Other OTC:ORGAF.PK)

• Suez Environment (Paris:SEV.PA)
• Tetra Tech, Inc. (Nasdaq:TTEK)
  

• Valmont Industries, Inc. (NYSE:VMI)

• VEOLIA ENVIRONNEMENT (NYSE:VE)

Clean Energy ETFs:

First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge US Liquid ETF (NASDAQ: QCLN)

First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge is an exchange-traded index fund that searches for the corresponding investment results to the price and yield of the equity index NASDAQ® Clean Edge® U.S. Liquid Series Index.

First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge US Liquid lists these companies as its top ten holdings:

• AVX Corp (NYSE:AVX)

• Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq:CREE)
  

• First Solar Inc. (Nasdaq:FSLR)

• GrafTech International LTD (NYSE:GTI)

• Itron INC (Nasdaq:ITRI)

• Linear Technology (Nasdaq:LLTC)

• MEMC Electronic Materials (NYSE:WFR)

• ON Semiconductor (Nasdaq:ONNN)

• Ormat Technologies (NYSE:ORA)

• Suntech Power Holdings (NYSE:STP)

PowerShares Cleantech ETF (NYSE: PZD)

The Cleantech Index, tracked by the PowerShares Cleantech Portfolio, identifies leading cleantech companies that among other things will offer the most beneficial investment returns. In order to categorize a company as a cleantech company, it must obtain 50% or more of its revenue from respective cleantech businesses. Cleantech companies are ones that offer knowledge-based services and products that while simultaneously reducing cost to add economic value and reducing negative impacts on the environment through diminishing the consumption of resources.

PowerShares Cleantech identifies these companies as its top ten holdings:

• ABB Ltd. (NYSE:ABB)
  

• Autodesk, Inc. (Nasdaq:ADSK)

• Corning Inc. (NYSE:GLW)
  

• Gamesa (MCE: GAM.MC)

• Iberdrola Renovables(Nasdaq: IBR)

• Novozymes (XETRA:NZMB.DE)
  
  
• Roper Industries Inc. (NYSE: ROP)
  

• Schneider Electric (Paris: SU)

• SIEMENS AG-REG (Nasdaq:SIE)

• Vestas Wind Systems (CPH: VWS)

PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy ETF (NYSE: PUW)

Based on the WilderHill Progressive Energy Index, the PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio (Fund) indicates U.S. listed companies that are notably concerned with transitional energy bridge technologies. The main concern of these companies revolves around improving the use of fossil fuels.

PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy identifies these companies as its top ten holdings:

• Cameco Corp. (NYSE:CCJ)
  

• Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE:CHK)
  

• Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (Nasdaq:CLNE)

• Energizer Holdings Inc. (NYSE:ENR)

• METHANEX CORP COM NPV (Toronto:MX.TO)

• Owens Corning (NYSE:OC)
  

• Praxair Inc. (NYSE:PX)
  

• Questar Corp. (NYSE:STR)

• Range Resources Corp. (NYSE:RRC)
• Tenneco Inc. (NYSE:TEN)
  

PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy ETF (NYSE: PBW)

Simliar to the aforementioned WilderHill Progressive Energy Index, the WilderHill Clean Energy Index recognizes companies that center around greener and often renewable sources of energy. They also focus on the technology that aids cleaner energy.

PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy identifies these companies as its top ten holdings:

• American Superconductor Corp. (Nasdaq:AMSC)
  
• Applied Materials, Inc. (Nasdaq:AMAT)
  
• Cosan Ltd. (NYSE:CZZ)
  
• Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq:CREE)

• Echelon Corp. (Nasdaq:ELON)

• Fuel Systems Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSYS)
  
  
• International Rectifier Corporation (NYSE:IRF)
  
  
• SunPower Corporation (Nasdaq:SPWRA)
  
  
• Trina Solar Ltd. (NYSE:TSL)
  

• Universal Display Corp. (Nasdaq:PANL)

Mkt Vectors Global Alternative Energy ETF (NYSE: GEX)

This investment follows the Ardour Global Index (Extra Liquid). In proportion to their weightings, the fund invests up to 80% of total assets, and 30% of assets in securities of non-US companies. The main focus of this index is companies who have engaged in generating power from environmentally friendly and non-traditional sources.

Market Vectors Global Alternative Energy identifies these companies as its top ten holdings:

• Oesterr Elektr Wirt (VER.VI)
  
• Covanta Holding Corporation (NYSE:CVA)
  
• Cree, Inc. (NYSE:CVA)
  
• EDP Renovaveis SA (XETRA:EDW.DE)

• First Solar Inc. (Nasdaq:FSLR)

• GAMESA (MCE: GAM)

• Iberdrola Renovables (Nasdaq:IBR)
  
  
• Kurita Water Industries Ltd. (XETRA:KWI.DE)
  
  
• MEMC Electronic (NYSE:WFR)
  

• Vestas Wind Systems (CPH:VWS)