Prospects for the development of solar energy in Russia

Currently, a lot of attention is paid to the issue of using renewable energy sources. This is primarily due to the fact that they can become a solution to emerging problems that cause global climate change and depletion of fossil natural resources. The purpose of the work is to analyze the technical solutions of solar power plants and the issue of their use in Russia. To solve this problem, various materials of domestic and foreign scientific articles on the subject of solar energy were systematized: the main types of solar power plants, the features of their operation were considered, the advantages and disadvantages of various systems were identified. It has been established that of all types of renewable energy sources, solar energy is the fastest growing. The use of solar energy follows the path of two main directions: the production of thermal and electrical energy. At the same time, the solar electric power industry is the most active and promising area of numerous scientific research on the scale of already implemented projects. It has been established that the territory of Russia has certain geographical zones with great potential for the development of solar power plants, which will allow converting incident radiation directly into electrical energy. This fact is confirmed by the already implemented unique projects that are located in these zones.