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The demand for food products is increasing with the growing world population day by day. Given the environmental and land deterioration, agricultural requirement cannot be supply with conventional agriculture. At this point modern greenhouses are attractive alternatives. The high energy consumption of greenhouse systems is a major obstacle to sustainable production. With integration of solar technology to modern greenhouses is aimed to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and expanding the greenhouse in places where greenhouse activities are not carried out. In this study, the current state of solar technology applied in the modern greenhouses has been examined. This study reviews the modern solar greenhouse application technologies which are mainly renewable and sustainable based solutions such as photovoltaic (PV) modules, CSP and hybrid PV/T system. Also, it is summarized what purpose these technologies are used for in the greenhouse. In addition, advantages of solar technology applied to modern greenhouses have been determined.