21st Sep 2023
The transportation sector continues to remain under pressure to seek out new ways of reducing reliance on conventional fossil fuels and reducing CO2 emissions.
24th Nov 2022
In the race to Net Zero, wind energy is already a well-established and prominent generation source. Assisted by the record 55% growth in wind power capacity worldwide between 2020 and 2021, it is eclipsing the growth of all other renewable power technologies, suggesting that the industry is on track to meet its prediction of supplying more than one-third of total electricity demand by 2050.
3rd Aug 2022
In the British Energy Security Strategy (BESS), published in April 2022, the UK Government announced its energy ambitions, stating that by 2030 95% of British electricity could be low carbon, and that by 2030 over half of the UK’s renewable generation capacity will be wind.
28th Jul 2021
Countries around the world are pledging to the goal of net-zero by mid-century. However, the energy transition needed to achieve this presents huge challenges. As the global energy sector moves to renewable energy sources, many of the technologies needed to replace fossil fuels and cut greenhouse gas emissions are not yet fully mature. A recent report from the EPO outlines why the net-zero goal cannot be achieved without further efforts in clean energy innovation.
5th May 2021
Renewable energy is more affordable now than it has ever been. According to BloombergNEF, it is now cheaper to build a new solar or wind farm to meet rising electricity demand or replace a retiring generator, than it is to build a new fossil fuel-fired plant. Policy incentives, increased investment and technological advances are driving this strong growth in the renewables sector, leading to technological improvements in the structural hardware necessary for renewable energy generation, transmission and storage.
29th Jan 2021
As awareness of the devastating consequences of climate change grows, technology that harnesses renewable energy has seen significant investment in recent years. Wind energy is no exception. With increased investment, there comes a need for protection by way of patents. Patents are typically filed at an early stage of development, due to the requirement for the technology they cover to be new and inventive. This in turn means that patent filing statistics can provide a good insight into where R&D is being carried out, and into potential future technologies. In this article we ask, what areas are the core technologies where patent filings are being made, where are these filings being made, and who is filing them?