Current trends in ensuring sustainable development of the transport and energy system of Ukraine

Abstract

The article considers the peculiarities of the development of the transport and energy system of Ukraine in the conditions of external geopolitical and pandemic threats to energy security. The main problems of development of thermal energy and gas transmission system of Ukraine are analyzed. The directions of improving the management of the transport and energy system of Ukraine based on the need to comply with national interests in the European energy market are substantiated.

The aim of the article is to study the current state of functioning of the transport and energy system of Ukraine and to form recommendations for improving its efficiency in the context of solving the problems of energy security of the state.

Research methods. Methods of scientific analysis are used - in the critical assessment of scientific sources to determine the essence of the transport and energy system; comparison - in the study of the dynamics of energy production and the formation of coal reserves in thermal power plants; graphical method for displaying and comparing indicators of development of the transport and energy system of Ukraine; method of generalization in the development of proposals to improve the efficiency of the transport and energy system of Ukraine.

Results. The directions of improving the management of the transport and energy system of Ukraine in the conditions of geopolitical and pandemic threats to energy security are proposed, in particular: the necessity of mass transition of apartment buildings to individual heating is substantiated, which will significantly reduce heat consumption; proposed vectors to stimulate the installation of gas boilers for individual heating through the introduction of special credit programs of banks and state target programs; the expediency of developing shale gas fields and increasing its production is substantiated; the expediency of intensifying the development of energy with the use of renewable energy sources is argued.