Renewable Energy In Ukraine: Towards National Eco-Management

Abstract

The national energy security and independence issue is currently the most
important problem in Ukraine. Continuous political games around traditional
energy import sources exhaust the Ukrainian economy and lead to a systemic
crisis. Ukraine has a huge natural potential for the development of green
economy, but sustainable development in Ukraine is still at the initial stage
of its evolution. Certainly, the transition to renewable energy technologies
will be an effective solution to the key energy, environmental, social and
political crises in Ukraine. Thus, the main attention of the author is focused
on the renewable energy sources, including solar, wind, hydro, biomass and
geothermal. It is emphasized that Ukraine has its national production of
technical equipment for each of these areas of renewable energy. Along with
alternative energy development issues, the author opens a wide panorama of
current political, economic, social and security problems in Ukraine, which
are deeply interdependent. The author argues that at its current level of
development, Ukraine needs a comprehensive update of national ecomanagement strategy and a rational use of the potential natural programme.
This will help the country to overcome the crisis permanently, transit from
being a consumerist economic model towards an environmentally sustainable
economic development and to integrate completely into Euro-Atlantic
structures.