Annual patents filed for energy storage technologies in India
India: Annual patents filed for energy storage technologies was 1 patents in 2022. ◆ Volatile
Annual patents filed for energy storage technologies in India, 2002–2022
Source: IRENA – INSPIRE Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in patents.
Analysis
India recorded 1 patents for annual patents filed for energy storage technologies in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of down 50.0% on the previous year and down 97.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual patents filed for energy storage technologies in India peaked at 114 patents in 2014 and was at its lowest, 1 patents, in 2003.
That places India 42nd out of 58 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Annual patents filed for energy storage technologies in India, year by year
| Year | patents | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 2 patents | — |
| 2003 | 1 patents | -50.0% |
| 2004 | 2 patents | +100.0% |
| 2010 | 1 patents | -50.0% |
| 2011 | 2 patents | +100.0% |
| 2012 | 38 patents | +1800.0% |
| 2013 | 11 patents | -71.1% |
| 2014 | 114 patents | +936.4% |
| 2015 | 45 patents | -60.5% |
| 2017 | 1 patents | -97.8% |
| 2019 | 1 patents | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 2 patents | +100.0% |
| 2021 | 2 patents | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1 patents | -50.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Annual patents filed for energy storage technologies in India changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +1800.0% | 2 patents | 38 patents |
| 2014 | +936.4% | 11 patents | 114 patents |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.67 patents | 1 patents | 2 patents | 3 |
| 2010s | 26.62 patents | 1 patents | 114 patents | 8 |
| 2020s | 1.67 patents | 1 patents | 2 patents | 3 |
Countries ranked near India
- 42 Belgium 1 patents compare
- 42 Colombia 1 patents compare
- 42 Cyprus 1 patents compare
- 42 France 1 patents compare
- 42 Hong Kong 1 patents compare
- 42 Lithuania 1 patents compare
- 42 Luxembourg 1 patents compare
- 42 New Zealand 1 patents compare
- 42 Peru 1 patents compare
- 42 South Africa 1 patents compare
- 42 Taiwan 1 patents compare
- 42 Tunisia 1 patents compare
- 42 Ukraine 1 patents compare
- 42 Cuba 1 patents compare
- 42 San Marino 1 patents compare
- 42 Slovakia 1 patents compare
More energy & mining data for India
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 0.7224 % change on previous year (2025)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Fuel imports 31.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual patents filed for energy storage technologies in India?
- Annual patents filed for energy storage technologies in India was 1 patents in 2022, according to IRENA – INSPIRE Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual patents filed for energy storage technologies recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 114 patents in 2014.
- What is the lowest annual patents filed for energy storage technologies recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 patents in 2003.
- How does India rank for annual patents filed for energy storage technologies?
- India ranks 42nd out of 58 countries with data for 2022.
- Is annual patents filed for energy storage technologies rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 97.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this India data come from?
- The figures come from IRENA – INSPIRE Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Annual patents filed for energy storage technologies. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Figures in recent years are subject to a time lag; submitted patents may not yet be reflected in the data.