Muenster - After a poor showing filled with a sharp drop in prices over the last three years, the “green” stocks managed to rebound in the trading year that was 2013. The IWR, a renewable energy institute, reported that the RENIXX World (Renewable Energy Industrial Index) was quoted at 320.11 points at year-end, up 89.8 percent on the previous year (168.69 points). In 2012, the RENIXX fell 30 percent; in 2011 the loss amounted to 54 percent.

The biggest winners in 2013 included solar stocks from Canada and the USA as well as shares of European wind energy manufacturers. Stocks of Canadian Solar topped the list with an increase of 745 percent, followed by the American companies Sun Power (+410 percent) and Solarcity (+393 percent). Trailing close behind were the wind energy manufacturers Vestas (Denmark, +390 percent) and Gamesa (Spain, +327 percent). Shares of the German wind turbine manufacturer Nordex rose 219 percent.

Only a few stocks suffered losses in 2013. These included EDP Renovaveis (Spain, -5 percent), Brookfield Renewable (Canada, -15 percent) and Suzlon (India, -50 percent).


New composition of RENIXX as of 01.01.2014
In the course of the annual overhaul of the index, which is carried out based on the market capitalisation and takes effect as of 1 January 2014, the bioethanol producer Cropenergies, the wind energy project developer PNE Wind, the fuel cell supplier Fuelcell Energy, the photovoltaic manufacturer Ja Solar and the inverter manufacturer SMA will be exiting the index. Taking their place in the listing are Tesla Motors (E-Mobility), the Canadian renewable energy producer Innergex Renewable Energy, the Chinese solar manufacturers Jinko Solar and Shunfeng Photovoltaic and the American bioethanol producer Green Plains.



Muenster, 30 December 2013


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