12 Top Green Energy Stocks for 2009; Dream Dozen Clean Power Companies

Here are some major clean energy stocks, offering growth stock potential for years to come. They have been doubly hit by the equity markets crunch and the oil price slide, and though they appear to be bloodied, even wounded, many are among the finest publicly-traded companies on earth. A stock down two-thirds needs to triple to get back to where it was, yet for some of these companies sequential revenue growth will continue and others will regain recent levels within a year or two. Everyone is focusing on the oil price and has forgotten the crucial role clean energy plays in reducing global warming. The trend to cleaner, more decentralized power supplies will continue.

Individual investors should only consider investing a small portion of their portfolio in individual stocks, and even then only if you are a higher risk, longer term investor, as part of a widely diversified portfolio including bonds or bond funds and cash assets. If you are a medium risk investor with a longer term horizon, it is much more priudent to look for green energy funds and dollar cost average into positions. Those who have started these plans in the last few months are building sizable positions while the world panics, and they'll be systematically adding to these positions in the months and years ahead. Will you be doing the same, and perhaps most importantly in these low valuation days, are you?

Homework: Twelve Green Energy Stocks to Research, Listed By Market Cap

Renewable Power Companies Share Prices, Month-end November 2008

First Solar FSLR 124.83 10.12B




Vesta Wind ADR VWDRY 14.95 / 8.31B




Calpine Corp CPN 8.96 3.84B




MEMC Electronic Materials WFR 15.02 3.37




SunPower Corporation SPWRA 34.73 2.98B




LDK Solar LDK 15.48 1.75B




Ormat Technologies OR 30.10 1.36B




Suntech Power ADR STP8.54 1.32B




Energy Conversion Devices ENER 27.98 1.28B




American Superconductor AMSC 13.09 566.49M




GT Solar SOLR 3.52 502.88M




Fuel Cell Energy FCE 4.36 299.93M




Market Cap of This Basket of Twelve:



Market Cap of GE: At 17.17 share, 180.21B