Bìznes Inform (Jun 2020)
The Problems of Innovative Development of Energy Service Enterprises
Abstract
The article is aimed at identifying, organizing and classifying the most pressing problems of innovation development inherent in the activities of energy service enterprises in Ukraine, together with substantiation of the directions of their solution. The feasibility of improving energy efficiency in Ukraine is substantiated; the importance of the energy service in this process is specified; its status and conditions of implementation are determined. Problems of the operation of energy service enterprises are identified and structured, and their classification is carried out on a number of signs. The importance of such classification and its significance for the problem management is substantiated; the essence of energy service enterprises, which are assigned the role of the main initiators and moderators of the energy efficiency improvement in enterprises, in the residential and social spheres, is defined, which has led to institutional recognition and the creation of a regulatory framework for their efficient activities. It is noted that the problems inherent in the development of the energy service in the early stages, can be solved over time, but new problems arise or are formulated, which indicates a good dynamics of institutional development, wherein the progress of the energy service system is taking place. However, the existing problems require identification and structuring in order to formulate a holistic mechanism for solving them. It is proved that at the moment in Ukraine there are many enterprises that position themselves as energy service, but their activities, as a rule, concern the supply of accounting devices, energy-saving equipment and materials, carrying out energy-related surveys or providing the supply of energy resources, which is not directly connected with energy saving and energy efficiency on the part of customer, or with obtaining energy savings. A number of measures aimed at solving certain problems of the energy service and its activation have been proposed. The greatest focus is put on the financial and institutional problems, as well as the primary problems and the problems of systemic nature.
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