Clean Edge, Inc., founded in 2000, serves corporate, government, NGO, utility, and financial clients working to transition to a clean-energy economy. Products and services include stock indexes tracking U.S. and global clean energy, water, and grid infrastructure markets; benchmarking reports tracking states, metros, and utilities; and events that regularly convene hundreds of industry innovators and stakeholders.
Part of a series of insights from leading smart-grid, clean-energy, and utility experts speaking at gridCONNEXT. Questions asked by Clean Edge managing director, author, and gridCONNEXT co-chair Ron Pernick. Bruce Walker is Assistant Secretary for the Office of Electricity (OE) and Acting Assistant Secretary for the Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response (CESER) at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
Clean Edge is a clean-tech stock indexing pioneer, having published its first index with Nasdaq in 2006. CELS tracks U.S.-traded clean-energy companies; GWE covers global companies engaged in the wind industry; HHO tracks U.S.-listed companies in the potable water and wastewater market; and QGRD covers global smart grid and grid infrastructure firms. First Trust offers ETFs based on these four indexes.
The
U.S. Clean Tech Leadership Index
tracks and ranks the clean-tech activities of all 50 states and the 50 largest metro areas in the U.S.
The 4th Grid Modernization Index (GMI-4) benchmarks states on a wide range of grid modernization policies, investments, and activities.
