EUROPEAN TENDENCIES OF INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENT FOR ENERGY SECTOR AND FINAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION

Abstract

In order to identify the EU tendencies and priorities a systematic study of the changes that occurred during recent years in the EU energy policy and energy innovation policy has been conducted. The characteristic of modern tendencies, goals, main objectives and directions of innovative development in the energy sector and the areas of final energy consumption of the EU is given. An informational model on the dynamics of forming the political and strategic factors, which found direction of innovative development in the energy sector of the EU, has been constructed. The peculiarities of innovative processes connected with functioning the energy business, energy markets and energy efficient technologies market as well as the priorities of innovative development in the areas of energy production, transmission, distribution and consumption are considered. The importance of the transition in the energy sector to service-oriented business models that are more marketable in the context of transforming the energy industry and energy markets is noted. The tendencies of changes in the European energy regulatory environment, which took place as a result of the development and strengthening the commercialization of innovations in the conditions of energy transition and changes in the European energy landscape, are presented. The characteristic of the strategic priorities and conditions necessary to strengthen the innovative development and the spread of energy innovation in Ukraine in the long-term perspective is given.