The clean energy ETFs that returned most

See 15 funds ranked by total return with distributions reinvested, one year. Updated Nov 4, 2026. Funds on one theme can hold different companies, so the gap from top to bottom reflects what they own, not the theme.

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Total return, 1Y, one bar per fund

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+15.1%

first, FAN

−16.6%

last, ACES

funds in the list

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Points (pts) are percentage points.

The clean energy ETFs that returned most
#	Ticker	Fund	Total return, 1Y ↓	vs its benchmark 1Y	Weight in S&P 500 companies	Fee
1	FAN	First Trust Global Wind Energy ETF	+15.1%	+0.3 pts vs IWV	6.7%	0.60%
2	VCLN	Virtus Duff & Phelps Clean Energy ETF	+3.8%	not measured	15.4%	0.59%
3	FRNW	Fidelity Clean Energy ETF	+3.1%	not measured	9.7%	0.39%
4	SMOG	VanEck Low Carbon Energy ETF	+2.7%	−12.3 pts vs ACWI	20.0%	0.64%
5	QCLN	First Trust Nasdaq Clean Edge Green Ener	+1.6%	−13.2 pts vs IWV	33.5%	0.59%
6	CCSO	Carbon Collective Climate Solutions U.S.	−0.2%	−15.0 pts vs VOO	47.4%	0.35%
7	PBD	Invesco Global Clean Energy ETF	−2.1%	−19.0 pts vs EFA	1.9%	0.75%
8	ICLN	iShares Global Clean Energy ETF	−2.3%	not measured	8.8%	0.38%
9	RNRG	Global X Renewable Energy Producers ETF	−4.3%	−19.3 pts vs ACWI	0.0%	0.65%
10	TAN	Invesco Solar ETF	−4.5%	−19.5 pts vs ACWI	9.7%	0.70%
11	CTEC	Global X ClimateTech ETF	−9.3%	not measured	6.3%	0.50%
12	PBW	Invesco WilderHill Clean Energy ETF	−13.3%	−28.1 pts vs IWV	8.1%	0.63%
13	HYDR	Global X Hydrogen ETF	−14.7%	not measured	5.6%	0.50%
14	CNRG	State Street SPDR S&P Kensho Clean Power	−14.9%	−29.7 pts vs VOO	27.8%	0.45%
15	ACES	ALPS Clean Energy ETF	−16.6%	not measured	16.6%	0.55%

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.CSV Method

Method

The 16 of 16 ETFs in the clean energy theme with a full year of trading, highest first, each over the same year to Nov 4, 2026 with distributions reinvested. Across the funds listed here the one year total return runs from -16.6% to 15.1%.

The rest of the method

A year says what happened, not what happens next. The list sorts one published number, with no scoring or weighting. Every fund ETFIQ covers in this category is eligible, closed funds included.

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Every clean energy ETF and what it holds→The largest clean energy ETFs15 →

Sources and dates

Fund holdings from SEC Form N-PORT and from the issuers’ own daily filessec.gov ↗

SEC EDGAR, full-text search of fund filingsefts.sec.gov ↗

SEC Form N-PORT, what a fund filed it holdssec.gov ↗

Rule 19a-1, what a distribution notice must sayecfr.gov ↗

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