Yes. The adoption and utilization of renewable energy is increasing. And so many countries are using their natural resources in their reach to making sure that country meet up with energy demand. For example, Malaysia is known to be the top palm oil producing country and she is using Crude Palm Oil (CPO) to produce biofuel, bioproduct and biopower.

Regarding your fact about solar energy not widely adopted, yes it is true. There may be so many reasons for that. We have different types of renewable energy - solar energy, wind energy, biomass, thermal, etc. The adoption of each depend on the geographical location and natural resources available in each country. For example, solar energy can be effectively used where there is steady sun. Wind energy depends on the movement of the atmospheric air, it will be difficult to use wind energy where there is no steady air because the velocity that will start the turning of the blade must not be less than 5m/s or so. So, the adoption of any of this renewable energy depends on the natural resources available in different location.

Thank you for engaging, friend.