fuel and energy complex

Problem setting. One of the most pressing issues of the development of the fuel and energy complex of Ukraine, the discussion about which has been going on for many years, is the question of the size, forms and directions of state intervention in the activities of individual industries and sub-sectors of the complex, as well as the assessment of the consequences of this intervention for the economy and society as a whole.

The paper investigates scientific foundations and practical importance of improving the mechanisms of state regulation of the electric power industry of Ukraine as a natural monopoly.

This paper attempts to characterize the fuel and energy complex of Ukraine and analyzes the heat supply complex on the example of Lviv region. The main problems in the field are highlighted. The ways of diversifying fuel and energy resources of Ukraine are determined. The basic directions of implementing the alternative energy sources are analyzed. A comprehensive description of the alternative and renewable energy sources potential, on the examples of different regions of Ukraine, is provided.