SECTOR PATENT LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS FEBRUARY 2009 Grid-Scale Concentrated Solar Thermal: Thermal Energy Storage Technologies REPORT DETAILS HIGHLIGHTS Authors: Allison Ferro and Matthew Rappaport • Key Patents, companies and inventors identified Release Date: February 2009 • Patent velocity, geography and citation analysis Patents In Landscape: 221 • Patent grouping by technology focus Base Patents: 122 • Claims analyzed for breadth and depth Number of Pages: 100 • Includes searchable PDF versions of key patents Full Patents Included: 43 SCOPE DATA ANALYZED This patent-centric competitive intelligence report Targeted searches of patents and applications identifies key patents, companies and inventors in published from 1981-2008: • the grid-scale concentrated solar thermal (CST) United States Patent and Trademark Office • European Patent Office thermal energy storage space. The report also • analyzes the level of patent protection, including World Intellectual Property Office • claims assessments, technology breadth and Japanese Patent office licensing agreements for key CST players. CST TECHNOLOGIES COVERED WHY BUY THIS REPORT Parabolic, Fresnel, power-tower, and dish-engine • Discover key companies, research institutions and inventors STORAGE METHODS DISCUSSED • Gain insight into patent filing strategies Molten salt, thermocline, phase-change materials, • Assess the competitive landscape compressed steam, water, concrete, cement, rock, • Identify acquisition and licensing ammonia, carbon dioxide, and graphite candidates • Determine the fundamental patents in the PLAYERS HIGHLIGHTED CST thermal energy storage space • Understand how this emerging Abengoa, Airlight Energy, Ausra, Australian technology space is evolving National University, Bell Independent Power, BrightSource, City University of New York, eSolar, Infinia, Jasper Energy, USEFUL FOR Larkden, Lloyd Energy Storage, MeV • Competitive Intelligence Experts Technology, NREL, Rocketdyne, Sandia, • Venture Capital & Private Equity SENER, SkyFuel, Solargenix, Solar Investors Millennium, Solar Power Group, • Patent Information Specialists SolarReserve, Solel, Sopogy, Stirling • Research Scientists Energy Systems, United Technologies, • Patent Attorneys Wizard Power, Yeda R&D, among others • M&A Analysts [email protected] 1415 Sacramento Street www.ipcheckups.com Berkeley, CA 94702 510 981 1030 Custom Patent Landscape Analysis | Company Portfolio Evaluation | Patent Monitoring & Alerting.