Early in 2024, Trina Solar initiated a claim against Runergy in the US for unauthorised use of its TOPCon solar cell technology used in its Hyperion solar panels (US patents 9,722,104 and 10,230
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NASA researchers have developed the PAPA technology to increase the efficiency of the thin-film solar array assembly process, significantly decreasing assembly time and labor costs associated with manufacturing large scale solar arrays. Traditional solar cell assembly is a labor intensive, multi-step, time-consuming process. This manual assembly will not be possible in a space
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Technology transfer (TT) is a process whereby an industrial actor appropriates a technology from a public actor or another private company, most often to commercialize it. Such a process
Thin-film solar-cell technologies lower the cost and weight by utilizing less material, and offer additional benefits of mechanical flexibility coupled with the potential for low-cost...
Technology transfer, indigenous innovation and leapfrogging in green technology: the solar-PV industry in China and India. Xiaolan Fu Department of International Development, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3TB, UK Correspondence [email protected] & Jing Zhang School of Contemporary Chinese Studies, University of
3.2.5 Hybrid systems: solar and ocean energy — Twenty-seven percent of all offshore wind energy patent families are international patent families (IPFs) i.e. excluding single domestic filings. More specifically 79% of the total patent families developed by European countries are IPFs, as- are 64% by the United States of America. Four percent of Chinese patent families are
may include the photovoltaic technologies utilizing solar energy into electricity and their applications, using wind turbines converting wind kinetic energy into electrical power,
With a shared commitment to fostering U.S. economic growth that benefits the American public, NASA''s Space Technology Mission Directorate and the Department of Commerce''s U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) have signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen collaboration in transferring federally-developed technology into
Data only includes energy source technologies, and excludes technologies such as energy storage or transport. Figures in recent years are subject to a time lag; submitted patents may not yet be reflected in the data.
The academic field of international technology transfer and cooperation has had more than three decades to mature as a subject (Bell, 1990, Able-Thomas, 1996).There has been a recent discussion around how the rise of China and India (Kaplinsky and Messner, 2008; Humphrey and Messner, 2006) will change the overall role of these countries as prospective
When internally developing technology, proactive consideration and balancing of patent, trade secret, copyright, trademark and other forms of IP protection will help form an “IP moat” of
The large scale and widespread international mobility of technologies in the solar PV industry emphasize the importance of understanding whether international patent inflows
The Role of Patents in Renewable Energy Technology Innovation International Renewable Energy Agency IRENA June 2013 . Disclaimer The designations employed and the presentation of materials herein do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the International Renewable Energy Agency concerning the legal status of any country, territory,
Solar photovoltaic has been the topmost technology for the absolute number of patents, followed by wind energy technology. There has also been an increasing trend (number of patents and growth
The Role of Patents in Renewable Energy Technology Innovation International Renewable Energy Agency IRENA June 2013 . Disclaimer The designations employed and the presentation of materials herein do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the International Renewable Energy Agency concerning the legal status of any country, territory,
Global climate change mitigation will require the development and diffusion of a large number and variety of new technologies. How will patent protection affect this process? In this paper we first review the evidence on the role of patents for innovation and international technology transfer in general. The literature suggests that patent protection in a host country
We focus on the diffusion of breakthroughs in two leading clean energy technologies, solar photovoltaic and wind power. Patents in these two technologies are
Solar Energy Patents: Innovations in photovoltaic cells, solar panels, and solar thermal systems. Wind Energy Patents: Advances in turbine design, blade technology, and
PVTIME – On 6 November 2024, Trina Solar, the world''s leading provider of integrated PV and smart energy solutions, announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Trina Solar (Schweiz) AG, will transfer its core asset, Trina Solar US Manufacturing Module1, LLC, as well as a completed 5GW solar module factory in Wilmer, Texas, to FREYR Battery, Inc.(NYSE: FREY), a
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Energy Technology Patents Data Explorer. Explore data on clean energy and fossil fuel patents in 44 countries. Last updated 5 Aug 2024 Licence CC BY 4.0. Overview Overview. Patents provide early indications of technological developments that may transform the economy and drive the energy transition. Methodology Download the complete data set.
Request PDF | A green expansion: China''s role in the global deployment and transfer of solar photovoltaic technology | Chinese investment and technology will play an important role in meeting
Take solar energy, for example. The development of the solar panel (now a common feature on many Australian rooftops) is a great example of how such cumulative efforts, carefully recorded within our international patents
[Berlin, Germany, February 13, 2023] Hanwha Solutions, a parent company of complete clean energy solutions provider Qcells, and Trina Solar, a leading global PV and smart energy total solutions provider, today announced that they have reached a patent licensing and transfer agreement with each other over their intellectual properties.
This may be in part due to the challenges associated with technology transfer, as most of the patents associated with renewable energies are privately owned . To counter this problem, the European Union has been
We extracted the number of international patent applications from the Worldwide Patent Statistical Database (PATSTAT) (version 2016, autumn). Following Johnstone et al. (2010), we classified patent data by each renewable energy source using the IPC codes (see Table A1). Fig. 1, Fig. 2 compare the international applications for wind and solar energy
Within the optical and thermal arrangement of solar PV panels, the patent entitled “Concentrating solar energy receiver” is found to be highly influential, as it has been cited by 181 patent and non-patent publications since its priority date in 2002 (PIF = 12.9). The application is assigned to an American individual called Bernard Bareis. The patent family
The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs are competitive funding opportunities that encourage U.S.-based small businesses to engage in high-risk, innovative research and technology development with the potential for future commercialization.
Patent systems exist to encourage innovation by providing a government-granted monopoly in return for public disclosure of new inventions. Thus, analysis of published patent data can provide a useful indicator of research and development activity in any field of technology. An analysis of solar energy inventions reveals some interesting trends.
Through a combination of text mining techniques and by analyzing a corpus of patents covering six renewable energy technologies from 1970 to 2019, we reveal the lifecycle
The structure and process technology of TOPCon solar cell were analyzed first, which is used as the basis for the key words of the patent search. The patent management chart analysis is provided
China is moving fast on alternative energy. Danish Wind Industry Association. Westinghouse Solar Inc. filed for patent infringement against Chinese solar-panel maker Canadian Solar Inc., and Zep
The analytical report examines the effect of patents on the worldwide transfer of clean energy technologies (CETs), including solar photovoltaic, geothermal, wind, and carbon capture.
The Technology Transfer Process Background for the U.S. National Energy Strategy Pacific Northwest Laboratory, Team Leader Oak Ridge National Laboratory Solar Energy Research Institute January 1990 Prepared for the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract DE-AC06 76RLO 1830 Pacific Northwest Laboratory Operated for the U.S. Department of Energy by
NASA has developed a new technology that can convert the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (C02) into fuel by using solar-powered, thin-film devices. Metal oxide thin films are fabricated to produce a photoelectrochemical cell that is
Historically, technology transfer from the global North to China has played a large role in renewable energy pathways in China, particularly for wind energy, partly also for solar (Urban et al., 2015a, Lewis, 2013, Watson et al., 2014).Technology transfer of hardware occurred from OECD countries to China, as well as knowledge transfer of how to maintain and operate
In terms of the transfer of technology, in Intellectual Property and Access to Clean Energy Technologies in Developing Countries, Barton (2007) identified three modes of technology transfer: providing products that
Using this retrieval strategy, we assembled 242,631 solar energy patents, 74,800 wind energy patents, 37,675 biomass energy patents, 17,228 geothermal energy patents, 16,306 tidal energy patents, and 6023 nuclear energy patents. After preprocessing the data and deleting duplicates, etc., we ultimately retrieved 383,756 patents. 4.
We focus on the diffusion of breakthroughs in two leading clean energy technologies, solar photovoltaic and wind power. Patents in these two technologies are identified using the Y02E10/5 code (solar photovoltaic) and Y02E10/7 code (wind power) in the newly launched Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC).
We use all the patents applied between 1980 and 1992 to find the already existing combinations and track the emergence of breakthroughs from 1993. We assign each patent to the country of residence of the first named inventor in the earliest patent document in a patent family following Mancusi (2008).
In the United Kingdom, 41.6% of the nation's tidal energy patents are exported outward. Additionally, 3.48% of the total patents for geothermal technologies in France are exported outward, and the same goes for Russia, with nuclear technologies accounting for 5.98% of the country's total patents.
Indeed, our results show that IPR have not been an impediment in the technology transfer process, which is in line with what Barton (2007) or Kirkegaard et al. (2009) observed for solar, biofuel and wind technologies. Competition is sufficient in these sectors to prevent a single company from creating a lock on the technology with patents.
Our empirical comparison of the two clean energy technologies shows that for solar photovoltaic technology, the knowledge base of countries is more important for countries without specialisation, whereas for wind power technology, the knowledge base of countries is more important for countries with specialisation.
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