CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 30A-2(b) UNDER THE 1940 ACT
                   AND SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT

I, David J. Schoenwald,  President and Treasurer of New Alternatives  Fund, Inc.
(the "Registrant"), certify to the best of my knowledge that:

         1.     The  Registrant's  periodic  report on Form N-CSR for the period
                ended June 30, 2009 (the "Form N-CSR")  fully  complies with the
                requirements  of  Section  13(a)  or  15(d)  of  the  Securities
                Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

         2.     The information  contained in the Form N-CSR fairly presents, in
                all material  respects,  the financial  condition and results of
                operations  of  the  Registrant  as of,  and  for,  the  periods
                presented in the Form N-CSR.


Date:    August 21, 2009            /s/ David J. Schoenwald
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                                    David J. Schoenwald, President and Treasurer
                                    (Principal Executive Officer and Principal
                                    Financial Officer)


This  certification  is being  furnished  to the U. S.  Securities  and Exchange
Commission  solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C.  1350 and is not being filed as part of
the Form N-CSR filed with the Commission or as a separate disclosure document.


A SIGNED  ORIGINAL OF THIS  WRITTEN  STATEMENT  REQUIRED BY SECTION 906 HAS BEEN
PROVIDED TO THE  REGISTRANT AND WILL BE RETAINED BY THE REGISTRANT AND FURNISHED
TO THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ITS STAFF UPON REQUEST.