Alternative Energy: from Economy to Agro-Photovoltaics

An explosive growth of autonomous solar power plants is investigated. This growth takes a number of forms: technological, business, government, cultural, scientific and educational. The role of cash flows associated with the development of solar energy over the past two decades is studied. The tendencies influencing research developments and production of solar power plants are determined. These tendencies are manifested in a flow of scientific publications studying solar systems, especially the ones doing computer modelling. This fact makes bibliographic tools such as google scholar, web of science, scopus, etc., critically important for understanding the development. The usefulness of solar energy and possible scenarios for its development in the regions of Russia are discussed.