Ashok Narladkar (SABIC, India) Recent trends in intellectual property around protecting green energy innovations are captured. Patent filing activities are collected worldwide in recent years and these activities are mapped geographically. Highlights from top active players are presented who are filing large number of patents in this technology domain and their collaborations with academics. Moreover, major economies in the world are promoting green energy innovations through reducing fees and less stringent conditions for filing patent applications. Those regional promotional activities are highlighted here, so that more and more research activities in green technology may enhance in coming future.