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Alternative Energy ETFs are available for trading and investing to gain direct exposure to this alternate energy category.  Investing in Alternative Energy ETFs can be speculative and volatile due to the limited basket of underlying companies that make up most of these funds.  Alternative Energy ETFs are influenced by traditional energy stock prices and by tax incentives and rebates.  Alternative energy is the wave of the future for energy investing, but it could take a long time for these investments to become commercially viable and adopted into mainstream economies.   Here is a comprehensive list of alternative energy ETFs available for etf investing:

Alternative Energy Exchange Traded Funds

Claymore/MAC Global Solar Energy Index ETF (TAN)
ELEMENTS MLCX Biofuels Index ETN (FUE)
First Trust ISE Global Wind Energy Index Fund (FAN)
Global Wind Energy Portfolio ETF (PWND)
iPath Global Carbon Credit ETN (GRN)
iShares S&P Global Clean Energy Index Fund (ICLN)
Market Vectors - Solar Energy ETF (KWT)
Market Vectors Global Alternative Energy ETF (GEX)
Powershares Global Clean Energy Portfolio ETF (PBD)
Powershares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio ETF (PBW)
Powershares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio ETF (PUW)