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Welcome to Cleanwatch. Each quarterly issue highlights stock index performance, industry trends, event programming updates, and more.View: Q3 2019: Stock Index Review & Key Clean-Tech Developments
By Ron Pernick
Nasdaq-Clean Edge stock indexes cover U.S. and global clean energy, water, and grid infrastructure markets. On a total return basis year to date (YTD) through the end of September, QGRD (global grid infrastructure) was up 29.40%, HHO (U.S. water) increased 28.90%, CELS (U.S. clean energy) was up 22.34, and GWE (global wind) was up 17.42%, compared to the S&P 500’s 20.55% increase and IXE’s (energy select sector index) 6.10% increase.
Quarter to date (QTD), QGRD was the top Nasdaq Clean Edge index performer, rising 2.99%, followed by HHO up 2.79%, CELS up 1.52%, and GWE down 1.15%. During the same time frame (Q3 2019), the S&P 500 increased 1.70% and IXE declined 6.12%. For 12-month performance, on a total return basis, all of the Nasdaq Clean Edge indexes beat out the benchmark indexes with HHO up 11.87%, CELS up 10.20%, GWE up 8.45%, and QGRD up 6.46% compared to the S&P 500’s 4.25% increase and a drop of 19.01% for IXE.
Read complete stock index performance & key developments here.
2019 Index Returns (Q2, YTD, and 12 Months)Join us in D.C.: gridCONNEXT 2019
gridCONNEXT 2019, brought to you by Clean Edge and GridWise Alliance, convenes world-class experts to explore and unleash market innovations enabling the transition to a modern 21st century grid. Join us December 10-12 in Washington, D.C. to explore the confluence of energy, transportation, storage, and the grid. Keynote speakers and topics include:
- Bill Ritter Jr., Former Colorado Governor and Founder, Center for the New Energy Economy (The Energy Transition in America: Why States, Cities, and Businesses Are Driving Decarbonization)
- John MacWilliams, Senior Fellow, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University and Former Associate Deputy Secretary, U.S. DOE (The Five Greatest Risks Facing the Grid)
- Kristina Skierka, CEO, Power For All (Utilities 2.0 for the Developing World)
- Nora Mead Brownell, Chair of the Board, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (Utilities in the Face of Rapid Change)
- Richard Kauffman, Chairman, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and Former Energy Czar, New York State (New York State’s Journey to Reform Energy and Reinvent the Grid)