ENERGETIC EFFICIENCY OF UKRAINE'S ECONOMY AND POSSIBILITIES ITS INCREASING: SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL ASPECT

Authors of the article describe an the energetic efficiency of the Ukrainian economy in the context of the current state, major trends and possible development taking into account the existing potential. In particular, scientific research and technological developments in the energetic field, staff training, financial and organizational support of innovations on the part of business and government have been analyzed. Comparative analysis, scientifically metrical and linguistic analysis, expert evaluation and cluster technique have been applied; modern scientific concepts have been used by authors in this research. As results of our research show, Ukraine lags behind the leaders among the OECD countries, despite the positive trend to improve energetic efficiency. To overcome the existing big gap it is necessary to implement a set of measures aimed at stimulating entrepreneurs who are interested in reducing the unit of energetic costs and more efficient usage of energy. This fracture is impossible without the proper staff, scientific, technical and technological support, organizational and financial support.