Renewable Energy Company GreenHunter Energy will be included in the Russell 3000 Index, a measuring tool for investment strategies.

The investment community is taking note of the fact that GreenHunter Energy is the only publicly traded portfolio company of renewable power and fuels assets in the United States,” said Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Gary C. Evans. “GreenHunter Energy’s management team has begun successfully executing on an aggressive business plan with the top priority being to maximize the returns on our capital employed.”

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Investment analyst Richard Asplund, has published Profiting from Clean Energy: A Complete Guide to Trading Green in Solar, Wind, Ethanol, Fuel Cell, Carbon Credit Industries, and More, an explanation of  the technology and industry structure of eco-friendly fields. 

Profiting from Clean Energy provides a complete guide for individual and professional investors on how to profit from the fast growing clean energy sector. Investment opportunities in bio-fuels/ethanol, solar power, wind power, fuel cells, geothermal, clean fossil fuel technologies, and power savings and efficiency are analyzed. Research backs guidance on best areas to invest in now, which to wait on, and what to avoid completely. All the ways to invest in this sector including stocks, ETFs, mutual funds, venture capital, angel investing, and futures are presented. The age of “dinosaur fuel” is peaking and petroleum prices have soared to record highs due to inability of production to keep pace with growing demand. The tipping point has arrived for the move to clean energy alternatives and governments around the world are mandating change through regulation, incentive, and investment. Now is the time to get in on the ground floor of the burgeoning area which today stands at $4 billion in sales and is estimated to quadruple over the next 10 years.

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Many investors are looking for mutual funds that are environmentally-conscious.  There are two main types of green funds with differing approaches.

The first group takes what I’ll call the direct approach. They invest in companies that produce goods or services aimed at solving environmental problems. They typically invest in alternative energy, conservation, recycling, organic foods and pollution control. Some invest in nuclear power, some won’t.

The second is a “best-in-breed approach, where managers are looking at various sectors or industries and trying to find the greenest retail store or auto manufacturer,” Herbst says. Such a fund might own an oil company if it is deemed the cleanest oil firm.

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