{"url":"https://etfiq.com/rankings/themes-best-year-energy-transition","section":"rankings","title":"The energy transition ETFs that returned most | ETFIQ","description":"PWER leads the energy transition ETFs that returned most at +34.8% (total return, 1Y, one year), as of Nov 4, 2026. 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Source: ETFIQ. # Ticker Fund Total return, 1Y vs its benchmark 1Y Weight in S&P 500 companies Fee \n 1 PWER Nomura Energy Transition ETF +34.8% +19.8 pts vs ACWI 42.1% 0.79% \n 2 NBET Neuberger Energy Transition & Infrastruc +30.3% not measured 34.0% 0.65% \n 3 ETHO Amplify Etho Climate Leadership U.S. ETF +29.3% not measured 26.0% 0.45% \n 4 NVIR Horizon Kinetics Energy and Remediation +21.7% not measured 41.7% 0.85% \n 5 IQSZ Invesco Global Equity Net Zero ETF +19.3% +4.3 pts vs ACWI 61.3% 0.19% \n 6 PCLN Pictet Cleaner Planet ETF +15.5% +0.5 pts vs ACWI 59.1% 0.70% \n 7 USNZ Xtrackers Net Zero Pathway Paris Aligned +14.0% \u22120.8 pts vs VOO 97.7% 0.10% \n 8 EVX VanEck Environmental Services ETF +12.8% not measured 31.0% 0.55% \n 9 ETEC iShares Breakthrough Environmental Solut \u22127.5% \u221222.5 pts vs ACWI 14.0% 0.47% \n \n Method\n The 9 of 9 ETFs in the energy transition and decarbonisation 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 -7.5% to 34.8%. 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.\n Where to next\n Every energy transition ETF and what it holds The largest energy transition ETFs Sources\n Fund holdings from SEC Form N-PORT and from the issuers\u2019 own daily files SEC EDGAR, full-text search of fund filings SEC Form N-PORT, what a fund filed it holds Rule 19a-1, what a distribution notice must say Links are sources, not endorsements.\n A ranking is not a recommendation or an opinion. ETFIQ is an independent publisher, not an adviser. Standards and sources \n Cite this page. 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