Annual patents filed for renewable energy technologies in India
India: Annual patents filed for renewable energy technologies was 1 patents in 2022. ◆ Volatile
Annual patents filed for renewable energy technologies in India, 2000–2022
Source: IRENA – INSPIRE Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in patents.
Analysis
In 2022, annual patents filed for renewable energy technologies in India stood at 1 patents. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of down 98.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual patents filed for renewable energy technologies in India peaked at 142 patents in 2014 and was at its lowest, 1 patents, in 2003.
India ranks 50th of 64 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Annual patents filed for renewable energy technologies in India, year by year
| Year | patents | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2 patents | — |
| 2001 | 2 patents | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1 patents | -50.0% |
| 2004 | 3 patents | +200.0% |
| 2005 | 3 patents | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1 patents | -66.7% |
| 2007 | 2 patents | +100.0% |
| 2009 | 1 patents | -50.0% |
| 2011 | 1 patents | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 70 patents | +6900.0% |
| 2013 | 13 patents | -81.4% |
| 2014 | 142 patents | +992.3% |
| 2015 | 49 patents | -65.5% |
| 2019 | 1 patents | -98.0% |
| 2022 | 1 patents | +0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Annual patents filed for renewable energy 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 | +6900.0% | 1 patents | 70 patents |
| 2014 | +992.3% | 13 patents | 142 patents |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.88 patents | 1 patents | 3 patents | 8 |
| 2010s | 46 patents | 1 patents | 142 patents | 6 |
| 2020s | 1 patents | 1 patents | 1 patents | 1 |
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- 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)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is annual patents filed for renewable energy technologies in India?
- Annual patents filed for renewable energy 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 renewable energy technologies recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 142 patents in 2014.
- What is the lowest annual patents filed for renewable energy technologies recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 patents in 2003.
- How does India rank for annual patents filed for renewable energy technologies?
- India ranks 50th out of 64 countries with data for 2022.
- Is annual patents filed for renewable energy technologies rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 98.6%. 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 renewable energy technologies. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.