The report is organized into key sections, each offering critical insights into various aspects of the on-grid solar inverter industry. The primary sections include the Landscape Overview, Market and Competitor Analysis, Technology Analysis, and Key Players’ Patent Profiles. Each section provides a structured perspective designed to support strategic decisions related to technology development, new product development, investment, licensing, collaboration, mergers and acquisitions, and market entry.
Landscape Overview
The landscape overview presents a clear picture of patent activity in on-grid solar inverter technologies, tracing trends from 2010 to 2025. The report identifies 722 patents, including 327 active patents, 207 pending patents, and 57 inactive or expired patents. Patent activity peaked in 2024 with 96 new patents, while 81% of all identified patents have been registered since 2015. China leads global patent registrations with 436 patents, followed by the United States with 159 patents, the European Patent Office with 55, WO/PCT with 40, South Korea with 12, and Australia with 10, indicating China’s strong dominance and the United States’ significant contribution to on-grid solar inverter innovation.Market Analysis Section
The market analysis section explores the commercial dimensions of on-grid solar inverters by examining global shipment volume, market value, regional demand, application areas, leading producers, patent applicants, owners, highly cited organizations, and collaboration networks. Global photovoltaic inverter shipments reached 589 GW in 2024, increasing from 536 GW in 2023, while the on-grid photovoltaic inverter market was valued at approximately USD 29.5 billion in 2024 and is expected to grow at around 8% annually through the early 2030s. Utility-scale systems represented approximately 62% of global additions in 2024, compared with 38% for distributed systems. Asia-Pacific accounted for approximately 69% of 2024 shipments, with China alone representing around 330 GW. By aligning patent activity with residential, commercial, industrial, utility-scale, microgrid, weak-grid, floating photovoltaic, agricultural photovoltaic, and electric-vehicle charging systems, this section highlights growth potential across renewable energy and grid infrastructure markets.Technology Analysis Section
In the technology analysis section, the report reviews core technological areas such as electric power generation, conversion and distribution, power supply and energy management, inverter topologies, photovoltaic systems, clean-energy generation, electrical measurement and testing, protection systems, and automatic regulation. Innovations in grid interfacing, energy management, power optimizers, string inverters, microinverters, central inverters, maximum power point tracking, voltage and frequency synchronization, reactive power control, fault ride-through, harmonic suppression, grid-forming functions, metering, diagnostics, monitoring, protection, and module-level power electronics are identified as important drivers of advancement in on-grid solar inverter technologies.Top Player Section
The top player section offers insights into leading organizations active in on-grid solar inverter technologies, including Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co. Ltd., Sungrow Power Supply Co. Ltd., China Electric Power Research Institute, Delta Electronics Shanghai Co., SolarCity Corp., State Grid Tianjin Electric Power Co., Electric Power Research Institute Co. Ltd. CSG, SMA Solar Technology AG, and Nanjing NARI Relays Engineering Technology. Each player is evaluated based on patent-family activity, processes, technological focus, collaboration, mergers and acquisitions, key patents, topic modeling, and patent clustering. Strategic focuses include grid management, power conversion, photovoltaic integration, inverter and grid-tie electronics, metrology, decarbonization, reactive power control, fault ride-through, microinverters, power optimizers, protection systems, monitoring, and smart-grid integration.Overall, the report provides a comprehensive view of on-grid solar inverter technologies by combining patent trends, market insights, technological analysis, and competitive intelligence. It serves as a resource for stakeholders involved in R&D, product development, technology strategy, market entry, solar power generation, photovoltaic systems, power electronics, grid infrastructure, energy management, renewable energy integration, utility-scale solar, distributed generation, microgrids, and academic research.
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- 175 Pages PDF Full Report
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- Patent Profiles of Nine Leading Players
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction2. Patent Landscape Overview
2.1. Patent Family Analysis
2.2. Patent-Market Coverage
2.3. Geographical jurisdiction
2.4. Global On-Grid Solar Inverter Patent Distribution Based on Applications
2.5. Global On-Grid Solar Inverter Patent Activity by Power Topology
3. Market and Competitor Analysis
3.1. Market at a Glance
3.2. Market Share of Main Producers
3.3. Some of The Main Processes in On-Grid Solar Inverter Production
3.4. Top Applicants
3.5. Analysis of On-Grid Solar Inverter Patent Leaders Based on Applications
3.6. Top On-Grid Solar Inverter Patent Applicants by Power Topology
3.7. Market Coverage of Top Applicants
3.8. Top Owners
3.9. Highly-Cited Applicants
3.8. Collaboration
3.8.1. Top Ten Applicants’ collaborations
3.8.2. The strongest cooperation networks
3.9. Top applicant activity
3.10. Pioneer companies in the last 5 years
3.11. Top applicant clustering
3.12. Pending patents
4. Technology Analysis
4.1. Top Technologies
4.1.1. On-Grid Solar Inverter Patent Trends Based on Applications
4.1.2. On-Grid Solar Inverter Functions Treatment by Power Topology
4.1.3. Top Technologies by Class
4.1.2. Top Technologies by Sub-Class
4.1.3. Top Technologies by Main-Group
4.1.4. Top Technologies by Sub-Group
4.1.5. Top Technologies and Main Trends
4.2. Five Recent dominant technologies
4.3. Key Patents
4.4. The main themes of patents
4.5. Technology clustering
4.6. Top inventors
5. Key Players’ Patent Profile
5.1. HUAWEI DIGITAL POWER TECH CO LTD
5.1.1. HUAWEI DIGITAL POWER TECH CO LTD company Overview
5.1.2. Patent family analysis
5.1.3. Top Processes
5.1.4. Top Technologies
5.1.5. Collaboration
5.1.6. Merge and Acquisitions
5.1.7. Key patents
5.1.8. Topic modeling
5.1.9. Patents clustering
5.2. SUNGROW POWER SUPPLY CO LTD
5.2.1. SUNGROW POWER SUPPLY CO LTD company Overview
5.2.2. Patent family analysis
5.2.3. Top Processes
5.2.4. Top Technologies
5.2.5. Collaboration
5.2.6. Merge and Acquisitions
5.2.7. Key patents
5.2.8. Topic modeling
5.2.9. Patents clustering
5.3. CHINA ELECTRIC POWER RES INST
5.3.1. CHINA ELECTRIC POWER RES INST company Overview
5.3.2. Patent family analysis
5.3.3. Top Processes
5.3.4. Top Technologies
5.3.5. Collaboration
5.3.6. Merge and Acquisitions
5.3.7. Key patents
5.3.8. Topic modeling
5.4. DELTA ELECTRONICS SHANGHAI CO
5.4.1. DELTA ELECTRONICS SHANGHAI CO company Overview
5.4.2. Patent family analysis
5.4.3. Top Processes
5.4.4. Top Technologies
5.4.5. Collaboration
5.4.6. Merge and Acquisitions
5.4.7. Key patents
5.4.8. Topic modeling
5.1.1. Patents clustering
5.5. SOLARCITY CORP
5.5.1. SOLARCITY CORP company Overview
5.5.2. Patent family analysis
5.5.3. Top Processes
5.5.4. Top Technologies
5.5.5. Collaboration
5.5.6. Merge and Acquisitions
5.5.7. Key patents
5.5.8. Topic modeling
5.5.9. Patents clustering
5.6. STATE GRID TIANJIN ELECTRIC POWER CO
5.6.1. STATE GRID TIANJIN ELECTRIC POWER CO company Overview
5.6.2. Patent family analysis
5.6.3. Top Processes
5.6.4. Top Technologies
5.6.5. Collaboration
5.6.6. Merge and Acquisitions
5.6.7. Key patents
5.6.8. Topic modeling
5.7. ELECTRIC POWER RES INST CO LTD CSG
5.7.1. ELECTRIC POWER RES INST CO LTD CSG company Overview
5.7.2. Patent family analysis
5.7.3. Top Processes
5.7.4. Top Technologies
5.7.5. Collaboration
5.7.6. Merge and Acquisitions
5.7.7. Key patents
5.7.8. Topic modeling
5.7.9. Patents clustering
5.8. SMA SOLAR TECHNOLOGY AG
5.8.1. SMA SOLAR TECHNOLOGY AG company Overview
5.8.2. Patent family analysis
5.8.3. Top Processes
5.8.4. Top Technologies
5.8.5. Collaboration
5.8.6. Merge and Acquisitions
5.8.7. Key patents
5.8.8. Topic modeling
5.8.9. Patents clustering
5.9. NANJING NARI RELAYS ENG TECH
5.9.1. NANJING NARI RELAYS ENG TECH company Overview
5.9.2. Patent family analysis
5.9.3. Top Processes
5.9.4. Top Technologies
5.9.5. Merge and Acquisitions
5.9.6. Merge and Acquisitions
5.9.7. Key patents
5.9.8. Topic modeling
Companies Mentioned
- Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co. Ltd.
- State Grid Corporation of China
- Sungrow Power Supply Co. Ltd.
- China Electric Power Research Institute
- State Grid Tianjin Electric Power Co.
- Delta Electronics Shanghai Co.
- SolarCity Corp.
- Electric Power Research Institute Co. Ltd. CSG
- Nanjing NARI Relays Engineering Technology
- SMA Solar Technology AG

