Several categories of trademarks for solar power generation equipment

What are the different types of energy technologies?

The latter notably include renewable energy technologies, such as solar and wind energy, and fuel cells. In contrast, patents in energy conservation technologies and green transportation technologies have continued to grow, but at a slower pace.

What are the four types of green energy technologies?

We use a novel dataset, making use of the IPC Green Inventory of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to analyze four broad categories of green energy technologies including alternative energy production technologies, energy conservation technologies, and green transportation.

Are green energy technology patents declining?

Although most green energy technologies have seen a downward trend in the annual number of patents published since 2012, the decline has been most pronounced in nuclear power generation technologies and alternative energy production technologies.

Are green energy patents accelerating or decelerating?

Yet this period of accelerated growth in the number of published green energy patents has been followed by a period of deceleration—even a slow decline.

Should a solar company develop a design optimisation strategy?

The solar company would then develop and protect its own in-house know-how around design optimisation – what factors to consider when selecting a site, the topography of the solar array, storage and design, as well as project development and asset management – that it will leverage in order to differentiate itself from the competition.

How do renewables companies protect trade secrets & confidential information?

Alongside patents, many renewables companies will use – and carefully protect – trade secrets and confidential information on various aspects of the relevant hardware and how they manufacture and deploy it.