Abstract: We performed a systematic study of the superconducting transition temperature (T_c), critical current density (J_c), irreversibility field (H_irr), upper critical field (H_c2), activation energy (U₀) and flux pinning mechanism in Y(Dy_0.5) Ba₂Cu₃O_7-δ coated conductors. Our results show that the broadening of the resistivity transition is significantly different when H//c and H//ab, indicating that resistivity has a strong magnetic field-induced inter-plane anisotropy. Based on the thermally activated flux flow (TAFF) model, the flux pinning of H//ab is stronger than that of H//c. In the case of H//ab and H//c, α is 0.5 and 0.57 that indicate the surface pinning is responsible for the main pinning mechanism in Y(Dy_0.5) Ba₂Cu₃O_7-δ coated conductors.