First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Green Energy Index Fund

QCLN

Market cap $921M

Commercial U.S. solar customers are seeing installation costs spike as the war ​in Iran chokes supply of aluminium and makes racking systems more expensive, compounding financial pressures on an industry ‌already grappling with elevated silver prices.

China's solar shipments abroad jumped 60% year-on-year in April, customs data ​showed on Monday, remaining robust even ‌after the government removed an export tax refund.

ICLN, QCLN, ACES and TAN gain attention as low-emission power growth outpaces global electricity supply growth.

Green ETFs like ICLN surge as renewables matched coal generation in 2025, with solar and nuclear driving global low-emission power growth.

Welcome back to Current Climate. Solar continues to have a moment as a fast, cheap way to boost the power supply, particularly as electricity demand surges and the war in Iran triggers price spikes for oil and natural gas. It's also been finding its way onto farms as beneficial new income source for farmers.

Europe's co-located renewable power and battery capacity is expected to surge more than 450% by ​2030, with Germany the most attractive country ‌to build projects, a report by Aurora Energy Research showed on Monday.

Top solar companies, banks and insurers have stopped doing business with at least a half dozen recently built U.S. panel factories because of uncertainty over whether their ties to China could disqualify them from clean-energy subsidies, according to industry executives and documents reviewed by Reuters.

Clean energy funds spent two years absorbing damage from rising rates, expiring incentives, and policy whiplash.

Clean energy ETFs could be the real winner as energy security fears, oil volatility and strong fund inflows drive investor interest.

A court in the southern Indian state of Karnataka has temporarily ​blocked new, tougher penalties for solar and ‌wind power producers for deviating from scheduled grid supply after industry bodies challenged the rules.