REGULATORY AND LEGAL BASIS FOR THE FORMATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY IN UKRAINE

Abstract

The article provides a comprehensive analysis of the current regulatory and legal framework of Ukraine in the field of renewable energy for the development of priority directions for the growth of the share of renewable fuel and energy resources in the structure of national energy consumption in the context of the formation of energy independence of the state and the activation of European integration processes. It is determined that for the independent development of domestic energy, it is necessary to develop effective legislative and executive support to determine its priorities in the multi-vector coordinate system of the European economic and energy policy, which is aimed at increasing the rate of production of biofuels. The analysis of the evolutionary process of formation, development and regulation in the field of renewable energy in Ukraine has shown that during the period of our country's independent existence, the optimal conditions and ways of transition from traditional fuel and energy resources (natural gas, coal, oil) to renewable energy sources, in particular to the consumption of various types of biofuels (fuel briquettes and pellets, bioethanol, biodiesel, biogas), primarily in the agricultural sector of the economy, have not been fully substantiated at the state level. It is established that the developed and implemented norms of the current national legislation turned out to be quite general in practice for the biofuel market in Ukraine to work effectively. The identified and outlined problems of the regulatory framework will be solved only if we can get rid of legal nihilism, which does not exclude the adoption of necessary special legislative measures to regulate biofuel production. All legislative and regulatory documents approving new biofuel development programs should contain clear standards for their implementation, which will allow for specific conclusions about their effectiveness and competitiveness. The programs developed and submitted for implementation should clearly indicate the stages of their implementation and deadlines for completion, which will require thorough periodic reviews and will allow identifying the need to curtail some ineffective bioenergy development programs at intermediate stages of monitoring.