Economic Aspects of Final Energy Consumption in Ukraine: Prospects of Implementation of the Positive Experience of the European Union

Abstract

The lack of a proper system for the use of energy resources is a nationwide problem in Ukraine. Payment for the consumed services for energy carriers mainly formed according to “consumption rates”, which can significantly ex-ceed the actually received amount of services and leads to an unjustified in-crease in the cost of energy resources. All this requires a search for new tools to stimulate energy intensity, effective accounting of the total volume of ener-gy consumption and the introduction of the best foreign experience in the field of energy saving in Ukraine. The analysis of energy consumption in the coun-try made it possible to identify the existing problems that subsist in the energy sphere today and provided an opportunity to propose ways to eliminate imbal-ances. The proposed methodology makes it possible to build models for estab-lishing the relationship between energy intensity and final energy consump-tion in Ukraine. Evaluation of foreign European experience makes it possible to implement the most necessary reforms and measures in domestic practice to improve the sphere of energy consumption.

Efficiency of use of fuel and energy resources of Ukraine: assessment, simulation and forecasting

“…They prove that resource efficiency is a key factor in energy management and leads to a 32% reduction in carbon emissions and a 30% reduction in waste compared to 2010 values. Domestic scientists have also proposed directions for state energy conservation policy (Yakymchuk et al 2022(Yakymchuk et al , 2023Horoshkova et al 2020); however, the effectiveness of the implementation of individual measures in the conditions of globalization and integration processes of the national economic system into the world economy has not been sufficiently investigated. The aforementioned authors investigated various aspects of energy management efficiency.…”