Solar Energy and Its Global Investments

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze the research about solar energy on a global scale over the past five years, in order to identify the way to apply this source of energy and which countries are participating in the solar area investigation. In this context the scientific journals publications on solar energy of the last five years (2010)(2011)(2012)(2013)(2014)(2015) were analyzed, focusing on renewable energies and as selection criteria, the Impact Factor (IF) was adopted. The articles were