BACKGROUND OF USING RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES IN ORDER TO ENSURE ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF UKRAINE

Abstract

In recent years an active growth of renewable energy production in the world has been observed. The peculiarity of our country is the presence of a large number of natural energy resources which put Ukraine among the electricity exporting countries, on the one hand, and the availability of virtually all types of renewable energy production (solar energy, hydropower (large and small), wind, etc.), on the other one. So we made an analysis of possibilities of an introduction the renewal energy from 1% of total energy production we have now to a bigger number and proposes the steps to achieve this goal. Given the statistic and existing situation in energy market, the resource base for renewable energy sources and local fuels is large and sufficient for a significant increase in the energy efficiency and the reliability of Ukraine's energy supply, and can be the basis for the transition to clean energy for the future.