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GE Vernova is a global leader in the electric power industry, with products and services that generate, transfer, convert, and store electricity. The company has three business segments: power, wind, and electrification. Power includes gas, nuclear, hydroelectric, and steam technologies, providing dispatchable power. The wind segment includes wind generation technologies, inclusive of onshore and offshore wind turbines and blades. Electrification includes grid solutions, power conversion, electrification software, and solar and storage solutions technologies required for the transmission, distribution, conversion, and storage of electricity from the point of generation to point of consumption.

Siemens Energy manufactures a wide range of equipment used to generate and transmit energy. The group is a product of the spinout from Siemens AG in 2020, consisting of the power and gas segment and Siemens Gamesa, although its operations go back over 150 years. Approximately one-sixth of global electricity generation is based on its technology.

Bloom Energy designs, manufactures, sells, and installs solid oxide fuel cell systems for on-site power generation. Bloom Energy Servers are fuel-flexible and can use natural gas, biogas, and hydrogen to create 24/7 electricity for stationary applications. Bloom sells its systems in the United States and internationally.

SLB is the world’s premier oilfield-services company as measured by market share. While the industry is largely fragmented, SLB holds the first or second competitive position in many of the differentiated oligopolies in which it operates. Also known as Schlumberger, the company was founded in 1926 by two brothers bearing the same last name. Today, it’s most known as a global industry leader in innovation, while it focuses its strategy on its three growth engines: core, digital, and new energy businesses. Over three-fourths of its revenue base is tied to international markets, while the company boasts nearly $3 billion in digital-related revenue.

Following a 2022 reorganization, Baker Hughes operates in two segments: oilfield services and equipment, and industrial and energy technology. The firm's oilfield services and equipment segment is one of the Big Three oilfield-services players, along with SLB and Halliburton, and mostly supplies to hydrocarbon developers and producers, including national oil companies, major integrated firms, and independents. Markets outside of North America buy roughly three-fourths of the segment's offerings. Baker Hughes' industrial and energy technology segment manufactures and sells turbines, compressors, pumps, valves, and related testing and monitoring services for various energy and industrial applications.

Doosan Enerbility Co Ltd is engaged in providing integrated energy and industrial solutions, offering equipment and services across power generation, desalination, and related infrastructure. The company operates three reportable segments: the Doosan Bobcat segment, which manufactures and sells compact construction equipment, portable power products, and material-handling machines; the Doosan Energy segment, which focuses on power generation facilities, desalination plants, casting and forging, and construction services; and the Doosan Fuel Cell segment, which supplies fuel-cell systems for power generation along with long-term maintenance services. It generates the majority of its revenue from the Doosan Bobcat segment.

Vistra Corp. is one of the largest power producers and retail energy providers in the USA. It owns 44 gigawatts of generation capacity, including natural gas (27 GW), nuclear (6.5 GW), coal (8.7 GW), and solar and battery storage (1.4 GW). The Cogentrix acquisition will add 5.5 GW of gas generation. Vistra's retail electricity business serves 5 million customers in 20 states, including almost a third of all Texas electricity consumers. Vistra emerged from the Energy Future Holdings bankruptcy as a stand-alone entity in 2016.

Sandvik is a manufacturer of specialized tools and mining equipment used predominantly by global mining, engineering, and automotive customers. The group is composed of three segments: mining and rock solutions, rock processing, and machining. Sandvik was founded in 1862 and listed on the Nordic Exchange in Stockholm in 1901.

Cameco Corp is a provider of uranium needed to generate clean, reliable baseload electricity around the globe and is one of those uranium producers. It has three reportable segments: Uranium, Fuel Services, and Westinghouse, deriving maximum revenue from the Westinghouse segment. The Uranium segment involves the exploration for, mining, milling, purchase, and sale of uranium concentrate, while the Fuel Services segment involves the refining, conversion, and fabrication of uranium concentrate and the purchase and sale of conversion services. Westinghouse Electric Company provides products and services to nuclear reactors, including outage and maintenance services, engineering support, instrumentation and controls equipment, plant modification, and components and parts.

Halliburton is North America's largest oilfield-services company as measured by market share. Despite industry fragmentation, it holds a leading position in the hydraulic fracturing and completions market, which makes up nearly half of its revenue. It also holds strong positions in other service offerings like drilling and completions fluids, which leverages its expertise in material science, as well as the directional drilling market. While we consider SLB the global leader in reservoir evaluation, we think Halliburton leads in any activity from the reservoir to the wellbore. Halliburton's innovations have helped multiple producers lower their development costs per barrel of oil equivalent, with techniques that have been honed over a century of operations.

Tenaris is one of the largest global producers of oil country tubular goods, which are used primarily in the construction of oil and gas wells. Its production facilities are located primarily in the US, Argentina, Mexico, and Italy. Tenaris’ premium OCTG products are among the most trusted by oil companies for use in the most challenging applications, including deep-water offshore wells and horizontal shale wells.

CGN Power is a major nuclear power producer in China. It operates 28 nuclear power generating units (total installed capacity of 31.8 gigawatts), with 14 units in Guangdong and the rest in Guangxi, Fujian, and Liaoning provinces as of end-2024. State-owned China General Nuclear Power, controls about 58.9% of CGN Power.

CEZ AS is a Czech energy company of which the government of the Czech Republic is the majority shareholder. The core business of the company is the generation, distribution, trade, and sale of electricity and heat. With its subsidiaries, the company operates a portfolio of both conventional and renewable energy power plants. Total energy production is mainly split between facilities utilizing thermal and nuclear inputs. CEZ segments comprise Generation; Distribution; Sales and Mining. The majority of its revenue is derived from the Generation segment.

Vestas is a leading manufacturer of wind turbines with the highest installed capacity under service in the world. The firm operates two business segments: power solutions and services. The power solutions segment designs, manufactures, and installs onshore and offshore wind turbines. The services segment performs operating and maintenance service work on wind turbines.

Hyosung Heavy Industries Co Ltd provides technology solutions in the field of heavy electric power and develops industrial machinery. The company is involved in various construction projects such as housing, redevelopment and reconstruction. The company also offers welding solutions, gear solutions, and system and engineering solutions.

China National Uranium Co Ltd is engaged in the mining, smelting, sales, and trade of natural uranium resources. It also engages in the comprehensive utilization and product sales of radioactive co-associated mineral resources such as monazite and uranium-molybdenum. Its business scope further includes investment in and management of overseas uranium resource projects, covering exploration, surveying and design, and engineering construction. Additional activities include import and export operations, as well as technology development, technical services, and technical consulting. The company is also involved in the mining and processing of rare earth metal ores, uranium ores, and precious metal ores.

First Solar designs and manufactures solar photovoltaic panels, modules, and systems for use in utility-scale development projects. The company's solar modules use cadmium telluride to convert sunlight into electricity. This is commonly called thin-film technology. First Solar is the world’s largest thin-film solar module manufacturer. It has production lines in Vietnam, Malaysia, the United States, and India.

National Atomic Co Kazatomprom JSC is a producer of uranium. All of the company's mining operations are located in Kazakhstan and extract uranium using ISR technology with a focus on maintaining industry- growing health, safety and environment standards. The company's segment includes Uranium; UMP and Other. It generates maximum revenue from the Uranium segment.

Uniper SE is a Germany-based energy generation and energy trading company. The firm operates through three segments: Flexible Generation, Greener commodities, and Green Generation. The Green Generation segment comprises emission-free power generation plants that the Uniper Group operates in Europe. The Flexible Generation segment comprises the power and heat generation plants that the Uniper Group operates in Europe to flexibly meet grid operators' requirements. The Greener Commodities segment bundles the energy trading and optimization activities and forms the commercial interface between the Uniper Group and the globally traded markets for energy and the major customers. The majority of revenue is derived from the Greener Commodities segment.

Hengli Hydraulic is a leading Chinese hydraulic component supplier. It designs, manufactures, and sells hydraulic cylinder, pump, valve, and motor products. Hengli’s products are widely used in heavy machinery. It is the largest supplier of excavator hydraulic cylinders in the world with about 30% global market share.

Yantai Jereh Oilfield Services Group Co Ltd is a China-based company engaged in the manufacturing of oilfield equipment and the provision of oilfield services. It is engaged in drilling equipment and oil & gas field engineering equipment manufacturing, equipment maintenance and accessories sales, oil field engineering technology services, as well as oil & gas field construction services. The company conducts its business within domestic and overseas markets.

TBEA Co Ltd is a China-based company that offers energy business solutions to service providers. The company distributes electric power transmission and transformation equipment. It provides solutions such as green technology, smart environmental protection, energy equipment for turnkey projects, and system solutions that range from surveying to design, construction, installation, and commissioning, as well as integration of training, operation, and maintenance. It also promotes the construction of green and efficient power grids. The company has a business presence in China and other countries.

LONGi Green Energy Technology is one of the largest integrated solar company in the world. It produced 106 gigawatts of solar silicon wafers and 70 GW of solar modules in 2024. Solar silicon wafer and solar module contributed 10% and 80% of revenue in 2024, respectively. LONGi’s products are sold in more than 150 countries and regions.

Kansai Electric Power Co Inc is a Japan-based company that provides energy and information technology solutions. The company operates in four business segments. The Energy segment offers electricity, gas, and utility solutions. The Information and Communications segment provides comprehensive communication services. The Lifestyle/Business Solutions segment delivers consumer and business-related services. The Power Transmission and Distribution segment ensures a safe and reliable electricity supply from a neutral and fair standpoint. It generates the majority of its revenue from the Energy business segment.

Hitachi Energy India Ltd serves utility, industry, and infrastructure customers with solutions and services across the value chain. The company is engaged in the business relating to products, projects, and services for Power technology. It manufactures and supplies systems, equipment, devices, and accessories products such as disconnectors, cable accessories, electric motors, semiconductors, transformers, and others. The company also provides project and service engineering, installation, commissioning, and support services. Geographically, the company generates a majority of its revenue from India and the rest from other countries.

China Energy Engineering Corporation Ltd is a comprehensive solutions provider for the power industry in China and internationally. It is mainly engaged in Survey, design, and consulting services; Construction and contracting; Industrial manufacturing; Investment and operation; and other businesses. The company generates the majority of its revenue from construction and contracting services, which mainly comprise the project contracting, engineering and construction, and project operation and maintenance business for domestic and overseas tradition energy, new energy, and comprehensive smart energy, water conservancy, ecological environmental protection, comprehensive transportation, municipal, buildings, and structures.

Goldwind Science & Technology Co Ltd manufactures, and markets wind turbines & other solutions. It has four segments. The wind turbine generator manufacturing & sale segment engages in research & development, manufacture & sale of wind turbine generators & spare parts; the wind power services segment provides wind power construction, post-warranty service & asset management services; the wind farm development segment engages in the development of wind farms, which includes wind power generation service provided by the Group’s wind farms & its sales; & the others segment mainly engages in the operation of water treatment plants under the service concession arrangements. Its key revenue is from Wind turbine generator manufacturing & sales. Geographically, the key revenue is from China.

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd is an integrated power plant equipment manufacturer and engineering company in India. Its products and services serve power, transportation, energy, oil and gas, defense, and other industrial markets. The company has three business segments: Power (which contributes the majority of total revenue), Industry sector and International Operations. Bharat's product portfolio consists of heavy industrial equipment and components, including turbines, valves, pumps, boilers, and insulators. In addition, the company offers aftersales service to customers for maintenance and repairs and can help synchronize power plants. The majority of total revenue is derived from India, but the company has a footprint in many different regions.

Nordex SE is a German company that develops, manufactures, services, and markets wind power systems. The company manages its activities via Projects and Service segments. The projects segment includes all activities associated with the development, production, assembly and commissioning of wind turbines and project development business. The services segment encompasses services and projects for existing turbines after their handover to customers. In particular, this includes technical services such as maintenance and remote monitoring of wind farms as well as repair and technical enhancements for existing turbines. The majority of the sales are done through the projects segment.

Siemens Energy India Ltd is engaged in energy sector. The company offers fully integrated products, solutions and services across the energy value chain of oil and gas production, power generation and transmission for various customers such as utilities, independent power producers and engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) companies comprising of the entire part of the business.

Zhejiang Zheneng Electric Power Co Ltd is engaged in the thermal power generation business in China. It also provides thermal products, as well as invests in nuclear power.

Sichuan Chuantou Energy Co Ltd is engaged in the clean energy business. The company operates its businesses through four segments. The Electric Power Business segment focuses on generating electricity through hydropower, wind energy, and photovoltaic sources. The Investment Business segment is involved in equity participation in hydropower facilities, along with activities in asset and investment management. The Manufacturing Industry segment covers production areas such as railway telecontrol systems, construction materials, and automation control equipment for both industrial and power applications. The Service Industry segment encompasses property management offerings and tourism development initiatives.

BKW AG is an electric utility company in which the Canton of Bern holds a majority stake. The company segments its operations into Energy Solutions, Power Grid, and Infrastructure & Buildings. It generates the majority of its revenue from the Energy Solutions business segment which builds, operates, and maintains BKW’s portfolio of power plants in Switzerland and abroad. It also includes the sale of energy in Switzerland, trading in electricity, certificates and raw materials as well as wind, solar and smart energy services.

Jinko Solar is the largest Chinese solar module manufacturer by global shipment in 2024. Jinko's products are distributed across nearly 200 countries and regions. The company operates a vertically integrated production process, spanning from solar wafer and cell manufacturing to module production. Jinko's N-type cell capacity is industry-leading in scale.

Chart Industries provides a variety of cryogenic equipment for storage, distribution, and other processes within the industrial gas and liquefied natural gas industries. It also provides natural gas processing solutions for the natural gas industry and specialty products that serve a variety of spaces, including hydrogen, biofuels, cannabis, and water treatment. The firm acquired Howden in a significant deal in early 2023, roughly doubling the size of the company. It plans to merge with Flowserve by the end of 2025.

Suzhou Maxwell Technologies Co Ltd is engaged in the design, research & development, production, and sales of intelligent manufacturing equipment. The company’s solar cell equipment portfolio includes HJT heterojunction high-efficiency production lines and automated screen printing lines adaptable to multiple cell processes. It also develops core equipment for display panels covering laser cutting, bonding, repair, and hybrid bonding, and provides semiconductor packaging solutions, particularly in pan-cutting processes.

Waaree Energies Ltd is a manufacturer of solar PV modules in India. Its solar PV modules are currently manufactured using multicrystalline cell technology, monocrystalline cell technology and emerging technologies such as Tunnel Oxide Passivated Contact (TopCon). Its portfolio of solar energy products consists of the following PV modules: multicrystalline modules, monocrystalline modules, and TopCon modules, comprising flexible modules, which includes bifacial modules (Mono PERC) (framed and unframed), and building integrated photo voltaic (BIPV) modules. The Company operates only in one Business Segment i.e. Manufacturing & Trading of Solar Photovoltaic Modules.

Suzlon Energy Ltd provides renewable energy solutions. Its operating segments include: WTG which relates to the sale of WTG, and allied activities including the sale/ sub-lease of land, project execution; Foundry & Forging, that relates to manufacturing of forging rings and casting articles; O&M services, that relates to operation and maintenance of WTG’s and Others that includes power generation. It generates maximum revenue from WTG segment. The company generates almost all its revenue from India, and also has its presence in Europe, the USA, and Others.

Weatherford provides oilfield services and equipment to national, integrated, public, and private oil and gas operators. It operates across multiple upstream markets, including offshore, the rest of the world onshore, and US onshore, where Weatherford has limited exposure. The Middle East, North Africa, and Asia account for over 25% of sales. Weatherford also offers manufacturing, research, and training services. Performance is reported through three segments: drilling and evaluation, well construction and completions, and production and intervention.

CSI Solar is a leading Chinese solar module producer, ranking seventh by solar module shipments in 2024. The company's products are available in over 160 countries and regions. CSI operates a vertically integrated production process, encompassing solar wafers, cells, and module production.

NOV designs, manufactures, and sells a wide range of equipment and components supplying the oil and gas industry, including rig equipment, downhole tools, drill pipe, and well casing. NOV's customers include major integrated oil companies, national oil companies, independent oil and gas companies, and drilling contractors. Its operations are organized into two reportable segments: energy products and services and energy equipment. NOV operates on a global scale, with international markets contributing nearly two-thirds of its annual revenue.

SBM Offshore NV provides floating production solutions to the offshore energy industry both in hydrocarbon and renewable markets. Its main activities are the design, supply, installation, operation, and life extension of Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels. The company is also working on floating offshore wind, wave energy, and research and development of products for future energy markets. It has dedicated product lines to provide specific floating equipment and products such as Turret Mooring Systems (TMS) and offshore (off)loading Terminals. The company has two segments: Lease and Operate segment includes all earned day rates on operating lease and operate contracts, and the turnkey segment includes revenues from Turnkey supply contracts and after-sales services.

Uranium Energy Corp is a uranium mining company engaged in the exploration, extraction, and processing of uranium and titanium concentrates across projects in the United States, Canada, and Paraguay. The Company operates through multiple segments, including uranium mining activities in Wyoming, Texas, Saskatchewan, and other regions, along with a corporate segment focused on investments and uranium inventory trading. It is expanding its portfolio of low-cost uranium projects in stable North American locations and operates a Wyoming-based ISR (In-Situ Recovery) Hub and Spoke platform. This platform is supported by two fully operational central processing plants and seven U.S. ISR uranium projects.

Singapore-based Seatrium (formerly known as Sembcorp Marine) is a leading global marine and offshore engineering group with a track record of more than 60 years. The company specializes in ship repair, shipbuilding, ship conversion, rig building, and offshore engineering and construction. The company’s global network includes facilities in Singapore, Brazil, China, Indonesia, Japan, Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States. Its Singapore operations include one of the largest integrated yards globally, Sembcorp Marine Tuas Boulevard Yard.

Tokyo Electric Power Co Holdings is a Japan-based company engaged in the generation and distribution of electric power. The company operates through five segments. The Energy Partner segment provides optimal total solutions, customer services, and low-cost power procurement. The Fuel & Power segment focuses on thermal power generation, fuel procurement, and related investments. The Holdings segment provides management support, shared services, and oversees nuclear power operations. The Power Grid segment handles electricity transmission, transformation, distribution, and related facility construction and maintenance. The Renewable Power segment generates and sells renewable energy, manages facilities, and develops new renewable projects in Japan and overseas.

Trina Solar is one of the top four Chinese solar module producers. Trina's products are available in over 170 countries and regions. The company operates a vertically integrated production process, covering everything from solar wafers and cells to complete modules.

Modec Inc operates as a general contractor with specialization in engineering, procurement, construction, and installation of floating production systems. It offers floating production storage and offloading vessels, floating storage and offloading vessels, tension leg platforms, semisubmersibles, and mobile offshore production units. The company also offers operation of its production systems and maintenance services across the globe. Although Modec services offshore markets worldwide, the majority of revenue is derived from Brazilian markets. Modec’s vessels are designed to retrieve fluids and gases from reservoirs ranging from subsea to deepwater.

Energy Fuels Inc is a United States-based critical minerals company. The Company mines uranium and produces natural uranium concentrates that are sold to nuclear utilities for the production of carbon-free nuclear energy. It holds two of America's key uranium production centers: The White Mesa Mill in Utah, and the Nichols Ranch ISR Facility in Wyoming. It has three reportable segments based on its operations and financial information; Uranium, HMS, and REE.