5 Best Clean Energy Stocks To Buy Right Now

It's been a long time coming for both natural gas and solar as viable sources of energy in the United States. Both have been struggling with a lack of consumer and industrial buy-in, but both could be right around the corner. Is either one standing out at the moment?

The debate is on
In the following video, Motley Fool analysts Joel South and Taylor Muckerman each weigh in on how natural gas and solar have been performing lately and which companies are taking the lead. Both options have made progress recently, with Clean Energy Fuels (NASDAQ: CLNE  ) building out its "America's Natural Gas Highway" initiative and SunPower (NASDAQ: SPWR  ) producing more efficient solar panels.

Has Clean Energy Fuels solved the "chicken-or-the-egg" debate?
The movement toward alternative energy is gaining momentum. One potential opportunity in this field is Clean Energy Fuels, which focuses its natural gas efforts primarily on trucking and fleets. It's poised to make a big impact on an essential industry. Learn everything you need to know about Clean Energy Fuels in The Motley Fool's premium research report on the company. Just click here now to claim your copy today.

5 Best Clean Energy Stocks To Buy Right Now: Sol Spa(SOL.MI)

Sol S.p.A. engages in the production, applied research, and distribution of industrial, pure, and medicinal gases in door-to-door medical care, and for related medical equipment primarily in Italy, and other western and central-eastern European countries, as well as in India. The company produces, markets, and distributes oxygen, nitrogen, argon, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, acetylene, nitrous oxide, helium, gas mixtures, refrigerating gases, medicinal gases, special gases, and high purity gases. It offers its products and services in the areas of healthcare, energy and industry, food and agriculture, ecology and environment, scientific research, and carbon dioxide blasting. The company also engages in research, design, construction, and operation of on-site production plants at its clients' plants. In addition, it supplies medical products, including oxygen; and materials and equipment for home-care therapy. The company offers various medical services, such as home-based res piratory care equipment for oxygen therapy, ventilation therapy, and artificial nutrition. Further, it markets and distributes a range of equipments, machines, and materials for welding, metal cutting, and electric arch cutting systems under the brand names of Sol Welding, Join, and e-robot. Sol S.p.A. was founded in 1927 and is based in Monza, Italy.

5 Best Clean Energy Stocks To Buy Right Now: Orbitz Worldwide Inc.(OWW)

Orbitz Worldwide, Inc. operates as an online travel company worldwide. It enables leisure and business travelers to search for and book a range of travel products and services. The company offers various products and services comprising air travel, hotels, vacation packages, car rentals, cruises, travel insurance, as well as destination services, such as ground transportation, event tickets, and tours. Its brand portfolio includes Orbitz, CheapTickets, The Away Network, and Orbitz for Business in the United States; ebookers in Europe; and HotelClub and RatesToGo internationally. Orbitz Worldwide, Inc. also licenses its technology and business services to third parties, such as airlines and hotel partners and provides them various private label solutions, including building and hosting of custom Websites and supplying content feeds to partners' Websites. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Orbitz Worldwide, Inc. is a subsidiary of Trav elport Limited.

Top 10 Dividend Stocks To Own For 2014: Weatherford International Ltd(WFT)

Weatherford International Ltd. provides equipment and services used in the drilling, evaluation, completion, production, and intervention of oil and natural gas wells worldwide. It offers artificial lift systems, which include reciprocating rod lift systems, progressing cavity pumps, gas lift systems, hydraulic lift systems, plunger lift systems, hybrid lift systems, wellhead systems, and multiphase metering systems. The company also provides drilling services, including directional drilling, ?Secure Drilling? services, well testing, drilling-with-casing and drilling-with-liner systems, and surface logging systems; and well construction services, such as tubular running services, cementing products, liner systems, swellable products, solid tubular expandable technologies, and inflatable products and accessories. In addition, it designs and manufactures drilling jars, underreamers, rotating control devices, and other pressure-control equipment used in drilling oil and nat ural gas wells; and offers a selection of in-house or third-party manufactured equipment for the drilling, completion, and work over of oil and natural gas wells for operators and drilling contractors, as well as a line of completion tools and sand screens. Further, the company provides wireline and evaluation services; and re-entry, fishing, and thru-tubing services, as well as well abandonment and wellbore cleaning services; stimulation and chemicals, including fracturing and coiled tubing technologies, cement services, chemical systems, and drilling fluids; integrated drilling services; and pipeline and specialty services. It serves independent oil and natural gas producing companies. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Tom Bishop]

  Weatherford International (WFT) is trading around $14. Weatherford is a leading provider of equipment and services to the oil and gas industry, based in Switzerland. These shares have traded in a range betwe en $10.85 to $26.25 in the last 52 weeks. The 50-day moving average is $15.46 and the 200-day moving average is $19.62. WFT is estimated to earn about 88 cents per share in 2011 and $1.67 for 2012. Analysts at UBS set a $28 price target for WFT share.

5 Best Clean Energy Stocks To Buy Right Now: Cumulus Media Inc.(CMLS)

Cumulus Media Inc., together with its subsidiaries, owns and operates commercial radio stations in the United States. The company engages in the sale of local, regional, and national advertising for broadcast on its radio stations. As of December 31, 2011, it owned or operated approximately 570 radio stations in 120 media markets; operated radio networks serving approximately 4,500 affiliates; and provided sales and marketing services for 7 radio stations. Cumulus Media Inc. was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

5 Best Clean Energy Stocks To Buy Right Now: RF Monolithics Inc.(RFMI)

RF Monolithics, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and markets wireless connectivity products for industrial wireless sensor networks and machine-to-machine technology. The company operates in two segments, Wireless Solutions and Wireless Components. The Wireless Solutions segment provides wireless sensor node modules, and gateway and network bridge products to connect various network types; communication protocol systems to manage point-to-point, point-to-multipoint, and mesh wireless sensor networks; Zigbee Pro modules for wireless sensor, sensing, telemetry, and control applications; and Virtual Wire short-range radio products, including hybrid transmitter, receiver, and transceiver modules. It also offers transceiver design and development kits that allow RF system designers the ability to incorporate wireless data transfer into their designs, as well as provides software protocols for various applications. This segment serves industrial and medical markets. The Wir eless Components segment offers filters, frequency control modules for analog and digital applications, and low power components. This segment also offers crystal based products comprising a range of surface mount devices, such as crystal resonators, crystal oscillators, crystal filters, temperature compensated crystal oscillators, and voltage controlled temperature compensated crystal oscillators for remote keyless entry, GPS and other global navigation satellite systems, automated meter reading, wireless communication, and defense systems. It serves automotive, consumer, and telecommunications markets. The company distributes its products through through manufacturer?s representatives and distributors, as well as through direct sales in the United States and internationally. RF Monolithics, Inc. was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.