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.
A series of insights from leading smart-grid, clean-energy, and utility experts speaking at
Ron Pernick: Based on your extensive utility operations experience, what do you believe will be the most pressing issues facing grid operators over the next three to five years?
Walker: Cyber and physical security will continue to be a challenge for the grid, due in large part to the fact that the system was not originally designed with either in...
Clean Edge stock indexes cover diverse sectors including clean energy, transportation, energy storage, electric grid, and water. 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.
