How to Track Alternative Energy - Whether You Like It or Not

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Dear Oil & Energy Investor, Following the COP21 Paris climate conference, where world leaders agreed to cut down on carbon emissions, more and more attention is being placed on renewable and alternative energy sources. You don't have to like this to see the potential. Countries all over the world, including the U.S., have unveiled ambitious plans for overhauling the sources of their electricity. Here in America, for example, the official goal is to produce 20% of our electricity from clean energy (excluding hydropower) sources by 2035 - up from around 7% today. As with any game-changing direction - landing a man on the moon in a decade, bringing an end to the Cold War, curing cancer, or weaning our economy off of crude oil and coal - the leaders provide the enticement... but the market has to figure out how to get it done. Now the entrepreneurial spirit remains alive and well in America. That is a good thing, because we will need it if this energy initiative has any chance of succeeding. Unfortunately, most of the new ways to develop clean energy power sources and connect them to the grid will come from start-ups and small companies - many of them private. That is of little help to you, since these are not publically traded entities. But don't worry. I've identified a number of companies that combine sufficient market penetration with technological innovations, and are likely to benefit from this change in energy sourcing. For example, General Electric Co. (GE) has been developing a way to turn coal into a high-powered gas, drastically cutting down on the carbon emitted during coal-fired power generation. The main interests in green renewables, however, remain solar and wind power. Here, wind presents the best opportunity, as it lacks the allure and stock market interest of solar power, but is in fact a much larger part of the market. While much of the excitement in this sector, too, comes from small, micro-cap, or even private companies, there are two exceptions. First, there's the aforementioned GE, a leader in developing and installing next-generation wind turbines. Second, there's the Danish Vestas Wind Systems AS (VWDRY). Luckily, there is an easier way of tracking this rapidly growing market. I would suggest following these two exchange-traded funds: the VanEck Vectors Global Alt Energy ETF (GEX) and the Powershares Cleantech ETF (PZD). The tradable shares of the up-and-coming solvent companies will be showing up on the listings of shares followed by ETFs like these two. But remember: Rome wasn't built in a day. And neither will this new age of U.S. energy. I'll be covering this process right here in Oil & Energy Investor as it develops. Stay tuned. Sincerely, Kent You are receiving this email as a part of your free subscription to The Oil & Energy Investor E-Letter. Remove your email from this list: Unsubscribe © 2017 Money Map Press All Rights Reserved Money Map Press | 16 West Madison Street | Baltimore, MD 21201 Toll Free: 1.888.384.8339; International: 443.353.4519; Fax: 1.410.622.3050 Email: Contact Customer Service Website: http://www.moneymappress.com Nothing in this email should be considered personalized financial advice. Although our employees may answer your general customer service questions, they are not licensed under securities laws to address your particular investment situation. No communication by our employees to you should be deemed as personalized financial advice. We expressly forbid our writers from having a financial interest in any security recommended to our readers. All of our employees and agents must wait 24 hours after on-line publication or 72 hours after the mailing of printed-only publication prior to following an initial recommendation. Any investments recommended in this letter should be made only after consulting with your investment advisor and only after reviewing the prospectus or financial statements of the company. Protected by copyright laws of the United States and international treaties. This Newsletter may only be used pursuant to the subscription agreement and any reproduction, copying, or redistribution (electronic or otherwise, including on the world wide web), in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited without the express written permission of: Oil & Energy Investor. 16 West Madison Street, Baltimore MD 21201.