Analysis of prospects of using solar energy in Russian Federation economy

On our planet, the hydrocarbon is limited thus inefficiency of hydropower engineering and ecological damage made by heat and nuclear power engineering make it extremely important to develop alternative energy sources, for instance solar one. This article provides volumes and tendencies of solar energy use taken from all the territories of Russia, analyses problems of substituting conventional types of energy for solar one. The authors made conclusions and defined prospects of developing solar energy in Russia. (C) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.