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The cheapest clean energy ETFs
A fee is one fact and not a verdict on the fund. Where the funds on a theme hold different companies, the cheapest is not even the same bet, and the holdings are on the theme page.
| # | Ticker | Fund | Fee | Net assets | Weight in S&P 500 companies | Total return, 1Y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CCSO | Carbon Collective Climate Solutions U.S. | 0.35% | $47m | 47.7% | +2.9% |
| 2 | ICLN | iShares Global Clean Energy ETF | 0.38% | $2.1bn | 7.7% | +18.0% |
| 3 | FRNW | Fidelity Clean Energy ETF | 0.39% | $97m | 9.7% | +16.4% |
| 4 | CNRG | State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P Kensho Clean | 0.45% | $189m | 24.5% | +9.6% |
| 5 | CTEC | Global X ClimateTech ETF | 0.50% | $25m | 27.4% | +16.4% |
| 6 | HYDR | Global X Hydrogen ETF | 0.50% | $98m | 5.1% | +37.6% |
| 7 | ACES | ALPS Clean Energy ETF | 0.55% | $145m | 14.7% | −5.9% |
| 8 | QCLN | First Trust Nasdaq Clean Edge Green Ener | 0.59% | $546m | 30.9% | +16.1% |
| 9 | VCLN | Virtus Duff & Phelps Clean Energy ETF | 0.59% | $6m | 14.1% | +23.6% |
| 10 | FAN | First Trust Global Wind Energy ETF | 0.60% | $234m | 6.1% | +26.2% |
| 11 | PBW | Invesco WilderHill Clean Energy ETF | 0.63% | $363m | 7.7% | +11.1% |
| 12 | SMOG | VanEck Low Carbon Energy ETF | 0.64% | $133m | 18.2% | +11.5% |
| 13 | RNRG | Global X Renewable Energy Producers ETF | 0.65% | $24m | 0.0% | +9.7% |
| 14 | TAN | Invesco Solar ETF | 0.70% | $953m | 9.8% | +6.7% |
| 15 | PBD | Invesco Global Clean Energy ETF | 0.75% | $118m | 1.7% | +17.0% |
Method
The 16 of 16 ETFs in the clean energy theme that publish an expense ratio, cheapest first. Across the funds listed here the annual fee runs from 0.3% to 0.8%. A fee is the one number a fund controls and the one a holder pays whatever happens. The ranking is the published field sorted, nothing else: no scoring, no weighting and no view on any fund. Every fund ETFIQ covers in this category is eligible, including funds that have closed, because leaving them out would flatter the category.
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, The cheapest clean energy ETFs, ranked by the annual fee the fund charges, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/rankings/themes-cheapest-clean-energy Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.