Open AccessENERGY EFFICIENCY OF UKRAINE
Author(s) -
Oleksandr Zaporozhets,
Yaroslav Movchan,
Viktor Gavrylenko,
Dmytro Gulevets
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
vìsnik nacìonalʹnogo avìacìĭnogo unìversitetu
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2306-1472
pISSN - 1813-1166
DOI - 10.18372/2306-1472.48.66
Subject(s) - obsolescence , energy conservation , efficient energy use , energy intensity , business , depreciation (economics) , energy (signal processing) , natural resource economics , sustainable development , energy resources , energy policy , environmental economics , summit , economics , renewable energy , economic growth , engineering , political science , statistics , mathematics , capital formation , marketing , physical geography , financial capital , law , electrical engineering , geography , human capital
. Disparities in the production structure, moral and physical obsolescence and depreciation offixed assets in economics, low-effective use fuel and energy resources (FER) and water demands excessiveuse of energy, requiring substantial imports of energy resources (over 50% of needs). The resultingdependence of the basic branches of economy of Ukraine, primarily fuel and energy complex, from theexporting countries of fuel resources and, consequently, increasing the threat to energy safety. Meanwhile,such situation is in contrudiction of the principles of sustainable developments, adopted on the Summit inRio-de-Janeiro (1992). Ukraine needs the more active energy efficient policy.Keywords: energy conservation, energy efficiency, energy intensity of gross domestic product, energysafety state, fuel and energy resources, innovative development, structural changes ineconomy.