Solar Energy Funds, Stocks and Indexes

A list of companies who are involved in solar power, solar lighting, both commercial and residential. Also included are relevant indexes and solar power funds.

Solar Power Funds

KWT - Market vectors solar energy ETF. Emulates Ardour Solar Energy Index. 0.65% expense ratio.

TAN - Claymore/Mac Global solar energy ETF. Emulates MAC global solar index. 0.65% expense ratio.

Individual Solar Stocks and Related Industries

• CSIQ - Canadian solar
• CSUN - China Sunergy co
• ENER - Energy conversion devices
• ESLR - Evergreen solar
• FSLR - First solar
• JASO - JA Solar Holdings
• LDK - LDK solar co
• SOL - ReneSola
• SOLF - Solarfun Power Holdings, Ltd.
• SOLR - GT Solar International
• SPWRA - SunPower corp
• SRWRF.PK - Solar World AG
• STP - Suntech power holdings
• TSL - Trina solar Ltd
• WFR - MEMC electronic materials. Produces wafers for solar cell devices.
• YGE - Yingli Green Energy

Solar Power Indexes

Ardour Solar Energy Index - SOLRX is a rules-based, modified global-capitalization-weighted, float-adjusted index intended to give investors a means of tracking the overall performance of a global universe of listed companies engaged in the solar energy industry. A global group of companies involved in photovoltaic (PV), solar heating and solar lighting.

MAC global solar index - The Index is designed to track the performance of the rapidly-growing global solar industry. The Index is comprised of 29 stocks selected based upon the relative importance of solar power within the company’s business model.