Smart grid investment momentum to keep rolling, report says

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The immediate future for investment in clean technologies looks good into the first half of next year, with solar flexing the most muscle in terms of business and stock price momentum. That according to the Wall Street Transcript's recent Alternative Energy & Utilities Report. J. Michael Horwitz, senior analyst for clean technology at Robert W. Baird & Company, said Q3 will be a good quarter for the group of clean tech and smart grid companies followed by the Wall Street Transcript. Horwitz, one of the sources interviewed for the report, said much of that outlook is the result of a strong solar subsector. "On a year-over-year basis, things are clearly better in 2010 than they were in 2009," he said.

Quick Take: Considering the continuing bad economic news, yesterday's story about solar panel maker Solyndra and the hardships of global competition in the smart grid industry, we'll take some solace in a positive outlook — and hope the forecasts are on the money.

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