CLIMATIC AND MARKETS CHANGES AS THE MAIN CHALLENGE TO THE MODERN ENERGY SPHERE AND ITS INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENT
One of the main challenges of our time is a challenge due to the systemic nature of the impact of energy sector on the development of mankind and the ecosystem of the planet. The energy sector has always had the necessary investment and technological potential, which allowed this particular sector to create the basis for the transition of the economy from one technological structure to another. But the realization of its potential today is hampered by a set of accumulated problems caused by climatic and market changes. Among the problems grouped by the author that impede the development of the industry and the solution of the global energy problem, the following: a decrease in the rate and a shortage of investments in research and development, climate change, problems of state regulation of energy development, logistical problems, ambiguity in the effectiveness of considered promising methods of energy generation. The author also have research the main areas of energy in need of innovation. These include intra-organizational innovations, the development of intra-sectoral and inter-sectoral integration, innovations in government regulation of energy activities, and opportunities for international cooperation.