APPROACHES AND TOOLS TO ENSURE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND ENERGY SAVING AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL

Abstract

The article provides a scientific substantiation of the expediency of introducing managerial approaches and tools in the formation of a regional energy efficiency and energy saving system in Ukraine, taking into account current trends in the development of distributed generation. It is shown that despite the systemic actions of the Government to formulate and implement Ukraine's energy strategies, the long-term experience of public administration bodies in implementing the country's energy saving and energy efficiency policy shows that the latter is declared and popularised rather than a positive movement forward.Ukraine continues to be an extremely energy-intensive country, which affects the competitiveness of Ukrainian products, reduces the possibility of getting rid of energy dependence, and leaves energy services provided to consumers of poor quality.The role of distributed generation in improving energy efficiency at the regional level is substantiated, for which its differences from centralised generation and benefits for business and territorial communities of the region are determined. To substantiate modern management approaches and tools for the formation of regional energy efficiency and energy saving systems, the article analyses the Strategy for the Development of Distributed Generation for the period up to 2035 and the corresponding action plan for its implementation in 2024-2026. It is shown that the application of strategic and project-based approaches, as well as tools for digitalising management activities in the energy sector, is very important in the context of the development of distributed generation in territorial communities of Ukrainian regions. The article identifies the problems and barriers that arise on the way to the introduction of distributed generation in the regions of Ukraine, in particular during the legal regime of martial law. It is shown that a significant barrier to the development of distributed generation systems at the regional level may be a range of managerial, organisational and communication problems, the successful solution of which requires the advanced development of tools for digitalisation of public administration processes in the energy sector.