Global green energy patents up 43 per cent in a year.
Author: www.powerengineeringint.com Date Posted:8 October 2018
Figures reveal that more than 14,800 renewable energy patents were filed worldwide in 2017 – a 43 per cent rise on the 10,500 in the previous year.
Companies in China filed 76 per cent (11,300) of the renewable energy patents in 2017, the most of any country, while the US, in second place, filed 10 per cent (1500). China is currently the biggest manufacturer of solar panel technology and invested more than $44bn in clean energy projects last year in 2017 according to Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis.
In third place was Australia, followed by India, Canada, Russia, the UK, South Korea, Malaysia and The Philippines.
