Applied Achieved First Place Status in Solar PV Patents in 2010

(reprinted from Inside Applied)

This story is excerpted from a June 9, 2011 post on Renewable Energy World :Solar Patents Shine in 2010-Shine on Solar edition of CEPGI

As reported by The Cleantech Group at Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti, Applied led other solar photovoltaic patent owners in 2010. The findings were published June 9 in the firm’s Shine-On Solar edition of the Clean Energy Patent Growth Index (CEPGI). As detailed in the report, Applied Materials was first in the number of solar photovoltaic (PV) patents granted last year, a total of 15.

Published quarterly, the CEPGI provides in depth solar energy patent analysis and indications of the trend of innovative activity in the Clean Energy sector since 2002 in the U.S. The Shine On Solar edition provides an indication of the trends in innovative activity in the Solar energy sector including leading solar patent owners and geographic areas.

New Solar Installations in Germany Slumps

Markus Wacket
15 June 2011
Source: Reuters

The number of new solar panel installations in Germany fell dramatically from March to May, making further cuts in feed-in tariffs from July unlikely, government and industry sources said on Wednesday.


Considerably less than 1,000 megawatts (MW) of capacity was installed in the world's biggest solar market during the so-called reference period laid out in Germany's Renewable Energy Act, people familiar with the figures told Reuters.


The sources said the reason for the low capacity of new installations was that people had brought their installations forward to log in higher tariffs, while some were also irritated by the political debate about the future of photovoltaic power.