The article deals with organizational and methodological problems of the development of consolidated Ukrainian fuel-and-energy balance. The author determines the factors hampering the improvement of the energy statistics system. He proposes organizational mechanisms and methodological principles to introduce monitoring of national energy flows, as well as guidelines of its use for economic analysis and forecasting of the conditions of Ukrainian energy market.

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The author considers organizational and methodological aspects of development, economic analysis and forecasting of Ukraine’s energy balance in accordance with international standards. Reliability level of energy balance indicators is determined by the degree to which structure and methods of construction of national energy balance correspond to real economic processes. Development and economic analysis of energy balance is an objective information and analytical precondition for realization of this country’s energy policy and attaining strategic objective in the energy sector.

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The authors consider the global tendencies in energy provision and dynamics of energy prices. They analyze energy efficiency as a factor decreasing the vulnerability of the economic sectors to changes in the conjuncture of the energy markets, in particular, to the in-crease in gas prices. The shares of gas cost in the structure of commercial production are analyzed as well as the possibilities to mitigate the negative impact of the increase in gas prices on the sectors' competitiveness. The authors establish that some economic sectors, despite the negative forecasts, have been fairly resistant to the appreciation of energy materials, mainly thanks to the implementation of energy-saving measures and favorable conjuncture on their outlets.

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The author deals with the problem of improving tariff policy in the context of a comprehensive reform of the housing and communal services (HCS) in Ukraine. The implementation of the state policy in this area has been analyzed and assessments of its effectiveness have been made. The article determines factors and features of the formation of the existing power system and pricing and identifies the current trends of shaping the new energy architecture settlements based on the optimal configuration of central and local systems was.The author analyses the methodological base of the tariff formation and mechanisms of state regulation in the sphere of housing and communal services, determines the price and structural imbalances in the system of power sector utilities and gives an assessment of the status and potential energy in the system of electricity and gas, as well as, in the system of heat and water. The article emphasizes the necessity of introducing modern monitoring systems, energy, financial and information flows, as the first stage of the reform of public utilities.Also, the article examines the conceptual position of market relations in the sphere of natural monopolies was examined. The necessity of a rational combination of state, market and civil options towards the formation of an effective system of housing and communal services is justified, and various recommendations on conceptual approaches and action plan for reforming housing and communal services towards improving energy efficiency on an innovative basis are given. The author provides conclusions and suggestions for solving the problem of improving the state policy in the field of housing.

Keywords: utilities, natural monopolies, public utilities, district heating, cogeneration, energy efficiency, tariff policy, cross-subsidies, government control, system monitoring, demand side management, public control

The article deals with the important issues of the existing non-tariff barriers in the trade between Ukraine and the Customs Union (Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan), and the peculiar features in the formation of a new system of technical regulation in Eurasian Economic Space / Customs Union and Ukraine.
The new legislation of the CU and EES on technical regulation causes a sharp decline in the exports of the Ukrainian goods, which are a subject of the new trade regulations. On the other hand, those Ukrainian goods, which are not covered by the new technical regulations, still keep good prospects at the EES market.
The authors make the conclusions regarding the usefulness of the implementation of the Customs Union's alternative technical regulations in Ukraine. The article evaluates the potential losses in Ukraine's foreign trade due to the application of the Customs Union / EES's technical regulations to analogous industrial and agricultural products; also, it analyzes various cases of bans on the import of goods into the Customs Union.
The losses of Ukraine's export revenues in the trade with the EES due to the existing technical barriers, such as the CU technical regulations, amount to at least US 1 bln annually. Adoption, by Ukraine, of some of the alternative CU technical regulations would help avoid losses in the exports to the Eurasian Economic Space.

Keywords: trade policy, trade agreements, non-tariff barriers, technical regulations

The authors consider the problem of the diversification of the imports of natural gas to Ukraine in the context of the European policy energy security. The problem of the diversification of sources and ways of the supplies of imported natural gas was, in one or other form, posed in all important strategic documents related to the national energy policy. However, in practice, main attention was given to the economy (replacement) of the consumed volumes and the negotiations about the price for the critical imports of Russian natural gas. The economic nature of the differences in the prices for Russian gas for different European countries suggests about the presence of additional non-economic factors. Unfortunately, neither the Energy Charter Treatyno the membership in European Energy Community gave Ukraine any symmetric effects and did not become a guarantee of the national energy security under the dictate of the Russian gas monopolist in the region. The authors analyze the main factors, which will affect the solution of the problem the diversification in the context of the further progress of Ukraine's European integration.
The authors analyze the potential of Ukraine's natural gas deposits and the tendencies of the change in the shares of natural gas in the national energy structure. During the recent decade, Ukraine's oil and gas industries have been characterized by general stability of the extraction. However, the possibilities of the expansion of oil and gas extraction are limited because the main deposits are greatly exhausted, and the explored reserves are not mastered because of the lack of sufficient investment resources. Since 2006, due to the sharp increase in the contract price, there has been a clear tendency towards decrease in the consumption and imports of natural gas in Ukraine. However, even now 66% of the imported natural gas comes from a single supplier, which is Gazprom. Ukraine's gas transmission system is the second in biggest in Europe and one of the biggest in the world. But its technological level is in a constant decline. By expert estimates, the modernization of the gas transmission system would cost about 3 bln USD. However, due to the political uncertainty, despite the declared intentions, no investments have ever come to the modernization of the gas transmission infrastructure.
The authors have carried out a comparative analysis of technological and economic characteristics of different variants (projects) of the diversification of supplies of natural gas to Ukraine. Among the possible variants of the diversification of sources and routes of natural gas import to Ukraine, which are now most often discussed in the expert circles are the following: reversible supplies from Europe through the system of LNG-terminals; Ukrainian LNG-terminal; expansion (construction) of a LNG-terminal in Turkey; the Trans Anatolian Pipeline. The authors define the main possibilities, problems, risks and effects from the realization of the alternative projects. It has been established that all possible variants of the diversification of natural gas import to Ukraine involve certain economic and political risks. The main factor of success of the diversification of natural gas import at the European level is not even the availability of proper infrastructure, but a certainty of prospective availability of sufficient volumes of liquid natural gas supplies from the main exporters, including USA. Unfortunately, the absence of a contract platform (in the form of a framework agreement) between all main participants of the regional natural gas market prevents the investors from being sure in the profitability of diversification projects on the European market as a whole and in Ukraine in particular. That is why Ukraine should conduct a more active policy as to the realization of potential strategies of the diversification of natural gas supplies and avoiding the above mentioned risks.

Keywords: energy security, natural gas market, diversification, strategy, strategema, integration, inter-connector, gas hub, investments

The author poses the problem of evaluating the efficiency of the privatization in Ukraine's energy sector in terms of achieving a balance between the interests of the state, business and society. There are data on the condition of the state corporate rights and their capitalization, structural and functional, and institutional characteristics of the stakeholders (on the example of electricity market). The author analyzes the progress of privatization in the electricity sector, defines the features and challenges of each its stage, and presents the structure and dynamics of corporate rights in the energy companies.
Provided the results of comparative evaluation of the efficiency of public and private energy companies. It is established that ownership is not the main component among the factors that determine the technical and economic condition of the energy companies. The author defines the factors contributing to the poor performance (for the state and society) of the conducted privatization tenders for the sale of energy assets, including the lack of coordination between the state authorities as toobjectives and conditions of the privatization of strategic assets, and uncertainty about the extent of liberalization and protectionism on the energy markets.
In general we can say that privatization has not become a powerful investment resource for the development of the electricity sector and for the formation of a competitive electricity market, which created an asymmetry of socio-economic effects between the state, business and society. The author assesses the prospects and risks of further privatization of energy assets in the current conditions in terms of energy and financial security. Based on the investment results, he makes various conclusions and provides recommendations as to further privatization of the energy sector in Ukraine. The article considers the possibilities of a societally just redistribution of the owner-ship of strategic enterprises in the basic industries of Ukraine's economy.

Keywords: public administration, privatization, social and economic efficiency, strategic enterprises, energy companies, energy security

The Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU provides for the introduction of a deep and comprehensive free trade area (FTA). In this situation, Ukrainian producers are facing two problems: the first one is how to avoid losing the already achieved positions on the domestic market due to possible importation of cheaper and high-quality European substitutes; and the second one is searching for a niche to export, to EU countries, not only raw materials but also of finished industrial products. In any case, a necessary condition for the competitiveness of Ukrainian producers is upgrading their production to meet European standards of quality and safety. The article deals with the problems of reform and harmonization of technical regulation of Ukraine and the EU, whose solution is a prerequisite for increasing and improving the structure of trade turnover between Ukraine and the EU.
The authors present a comparative analysis of Ukraine's position in the global dimension distribution of non-tariff barriers to trade and the competitiveness of the economies of the world. According to the "Global Competitiveness Report" in terms of "Prevalence of trade barriers", reflecting the extent to which non-tariff barriers (technical requirements and standards) limit the ability of imported goods to compete in the domestic market, Ukraine occupies 118th place. Many occasional (ad hoc) notifications on technical regulation indicates the active development of the sphere of trade both in Ukraine and in the whole world.
The authors provide an analysis of the structure and dynamics of foreign trade between Ukraine and the EU. It is established that, as of today, a largely raw-material pattern of Ukrainian exports to the EU has been formed, whereas Ukraine’s imports from EU are dominated by finished and high-tech products. This is despite the fact that Ukraine, on the majority of commodity groups, has its own industrial capacities, though of lower quality and safety standards of finished product.
It is proved that the presence of technical barriers to trade between Ukraine and the EU is a major obstacle to the improvement and expansion of mutual trade structures. The authors define the most significant technical barriers and problems of adaptation of domestic producers to changes in the mode of foreign trade. In the opinion Ukrainian exporters, the most significant barriers to trade are related to the procedures to ensure product quality at all stages of production beginning from design. The issue of testing and certification is in the second place by importance. The third and fourth issues are related to product safety. Thus, the main condition for the expansion of trade between Ukraine and the EU following the introduction of the FTA is elimination of technical barriers to trade.
It is proved that, in the future, provided that Ukrainian legislation is approximated to the EU’s, and the standards and quality infrastructure are properly harmonized, the scope of the Agreement on Conformity Assessment and Acceptance of Industrial Products can be extended to industrial sectors capable to produce competitive products for final use. The authors define domestic industries, which are prospective as to increasing exports to the EU and products that require urgent harmonization of the national legislation with the European one (in accordance with the above mentioned terms of transitional period).
It is established that, together with the significant progress on the harmonization of technical regulation of Ukraine, primarily due to financial and technical assistance of the EU, there are problems and risks of a slowdown in achieving the target parameters of the system of technical regulation and certain inconsistencies between the set priorities and the new terms of trade with the EU which in turn can lead to increased asymmetric effects. The authors make conclusions and set out proposals to solve the above mentioned problems of harmonization of technical regulation between Ukraine and the EU.

Keywords: free trade area, competitiveness, sustainable development, technical barriers to trade, system of technical regulations, technical regulations, standardization, certification, notification

The author has made a retrospective structural and institutional analysis of the world oil market. Periods were selected as well as five stages of the institutional structure of the oil market. The first phase (1859-1947) is characterized by relatively stable prices for raw materials based on the "one-base price system" controlled by the international oil cartel, which included the largest petroleum companies in the world, so-called "seven sisters." The second phase (1947-1971) is associated with the transition to the "two-base price system" with an increase in oil supplies from the Middle East. The third phase (1971-1985) is characterized by the end of the period of concession agreements, nationalization of deposits and transition to the cartel impact on price indices. Fourth stage (1985-2005) is characterized by the transition to stock market based oil trade, rising volatility and the development of risk management mechanisms. And the fifth stage (since 2005) is characterized by the dominance of financial instruments in the global oil trade.
Based on the results of the factor analysis, the article reveals the main components that determine the situation and price dynamics during the recent phase of the oil market. Beginning with the middle of the first decade of XXI century, the oil futures market became segment of the monetary market instead of an independent commodity market whose conditions depend on the relationship between demand and supply, stocks of marketable goods and investments in the development of oil extraction. That is why the correlation of the quotations of oil futures with the dollar/euro ratios and other purely financial factors is so strong.
The author considers essential features of the oil crises and the etymology of the term of "energy crisis." Currently, the researchers have only agreed to identify the first and second oil (energy) crises which had global implications and a marked impact on the world economic development. It is established that their essential feature was creation of an artificial shortage of oil supply on the cartel dominated market due to political factors. Instead, changes in the structure of the oil market and the rapid rise in prices in the middle of the first decade of this century gives reason to identify a third world energy crisis through the creation of an artificial surplus demand through the use of financial instruments. On this basis, a concept of "energy crisis", which unlike existing contains quantitative criteria (proportion) of price changes in the dominant primary energy resource balance.
The article deals with the influence of the factor of "resource curse" on the economic dynamics and gives various examples of overcoming the "Dutch disease." In economic terms, resource wealth has a decisive impact on the economic dynamics of exporters. Only a few countries have ever managed to loosen this dependence by deregulating and liberalizing the energy markets, and by diversifying the use of the super-profits. The high correlation between economic growth and oil prices in the countries affected by "Dutch disease" significantly weakens their resistance to low oil prices. So we can assume that the minimum prices on the world oil market are, for such countries, the most striking economic sanctions. And overcoming this situation could be by searching a way to build new geopolitical structures, rather than by developing a more rational economic policy.
The author assesses the impact of global conjuncture on the development of Ukraine's domestic oil products market. Significant reduction in world oil prices made almost no impact on Ukraine's consumer market of oil products, since it coincided with the devaluation of the national currency and introduction at the beginning of 2016 of the new excise rates on fuel sales. When the government has no effective levers to regulate the market (similar to an influential national vertically integrated oil company or strategic stocks of oil/oil products) it tries to influence the market through fiscal authorities, which only makes it possible to identify certain abuses committed by oil traders (in the form of unfair competition). And the state system of market surveillance for the quality of oil as an instrument of the new system of technical regulation is not working because of the inspections moratorium, which is part of the reforms aimed at economic deregulation.
The study made various forecast based assumptions regarding the development of the conjuncture on the oil market. An important practical result of the study is justification for the fact that presently, against the background of the divergences in the export policy among the OPEC countries, the interests of the largest oil-importing and oil exporting countries largely coincide. This situation once again brings the conjuncture of oil market in the zone of turbulence. Both exporters and importers are concerned that the oil price stay within a certain corridor, whose lower limit ensures the exporters sufficient export revenues to maintain and increase oil production for their sustainable development, and whose upper limit does not prevent sustainable economic growth in developed countries and the global economy.

Keywords: oil market, structural and institutional analysis, conjuncture, pricing mechanism, energy crisis, factor analysis, derivatives

The article provides a retrospective analysis of market transformations in Ukraine's energy sector in terms of efficiency of creating competitive commodity markets. The author identifies the basic factors causing structural changes of this country's energy balance during 1991-2016, among which the following ones would be emphasized: separation of the state's energy system from the centrally-planned single energy system; the uneven decline and increase in the output in individual sectors causing an uneven demand for energy resources; inconsistency of the reforms on individual energy markets and the consequent imbalances in the logistic pattern of the national energy supply (energy, financial and information flows).
The analysis the structural and price disruptions in Ukraine's energy balance shows that, at present, the market mechanism does not ensure the optimum allocation of resources. This situation is the result of the different approaches to the formation of competitive structure of the energy markets and market pricing mechanism. The initial boost in the market reforms towards liberalization was eventually changed to the concentration of national assets that in the end retained the state-monopoly structure, even on the potentially competitive, by their nature, energy markets.
Market deviations already at the stage of formation distort the objectives and effectiveness of their operation, which devalues the effect of the transfer of ownership. The privatization of energy assets has failed to create preconditions for the formation of a competitive structure of the market of natural energy monopolies and led to the consolidation of the market power of the energy monopolies.
The author considers the structural changes in the energy balance and the dynamics of prices for fuel and energy resources (FER) and makes a comparative analysis of Ukraine with European countries by major energy efficiency indicators, showing the differences between Ukraine's structural and technological characteristics with the corresponding average rates. There is a dynamics of the basic indicators of this country's fuel and energy complex in the context of the use of the available resource potential. The author gives an assessment of the achieved level of energy security and sustainability of energy situation compared to other countries.
By the results of the international ranking of energy sustainability, Ukraine occupies one of the lowest positions among the industrial countries. A factor analysis of energy efficiency policy urges for enhancing the improvement of the institutional mechanisms of the modernization of energy systems based on European experience. Energy efficiency is one of the key elements in the competitiveness of Ukrainian goods and services and an important factor of economic growth in Ukraine.
The article deals with the key issues in Ukraine's European integration in the energy sector, in particular as to the requirements of the Second and Third EU Energy Packages. The verification of the process of Ukraine's European integration in the energy sector shows that our country shares and accepts the European principles, objectives and criteria for sustainable energy development, but does not apply Euro-pean methods of task solution, in particular as regards the transparency of the policy measures, consensus of all stakeholders, mechanisms of planning and forecasting (modern decision support systems and risk management, energy foresight, and tech-nology platforms), responsibility for delays in plan fulfilment and poor management, weak coordination between state authorities (duplication), social activation of the energy policy (public involvement) and others.
The article outlines the prospects of achieving the maximum possible energy independence of Ukraine. Current challenges for this country's energy policy are derived both from the specific features in the transformation of the energy sector and branch structure of the economy, and from the global geopolitical and economic trends on the world energy market, which over the last decade have changed sig-nificantly. Ukraine's response the same as that of most industrialized countries consists in reviewing the national energy strategy, whose main provisions are currently under discussion among experts.

Keywords: energy policy, energy security, energy balance, energy sustainability, energy efficiency, decoupling, diversification

The article provides a retrospective analysis of market transformations in Ukraine's energy sector in terms of efficiency of creating competitive commodity markets. The author identifies the basic factors causing structural changes of this country's energy balance during 1991-2016, among which the following ones would be emphasized: separation of the state's energy system from the centrally-planned single energy system; the uneven decline and increase in the output in individual sectors causing an uneven demand for energy resources; inconsistency of the reforms on individual energy markets and the consequent imbalances in the logistic pattern of the national energy supply (energy, financial and information flows).
The analysis the structural and price disruptions in Ukraine's energy balance shows that, at present, the market mechanism does not ensure the optimum allocation of resources. This situation is the result of the different approaches to the formation of competitive structure of the energy markets and market pricing mechanism. The initial boost in the market reforms towards liberalization was eventually changed to the concentration of national assets that in the end retained the state-monopoly structure, even on the potentially competitive, by their nature, energy markets.
Market deviations already at the stage of formation distort the objectives and effectiveness of their operation, which devalues the effect of the transfer of ownership. The privatization of energy assets has failed to create preconditions for the formation of a competitive structure of the market of natural energy monopolies and led to the consolidation of the market power of the energy monopolies.
The author considers the structural changes in the energy balance and the dynamics of prices for fuel and energy resources (FER) and makes a comparative analysis of Ukraine with European countries by major energy efficiency indicators, showing the differences between Ukraine's structural and technological characteristics with the corresponding average rates. There is a dynamics of the basic indicators of this country's fuel and energy complex in the context of the use of the available resource potential. The author gives an assessment of the achieved level of energy security and sustainability of energy situation compared to other countries.
By the results of the international ranking of energy sustainability, Ukraine occupies one of the lowest positions among the industrial countries. A factor analysis of energy efficiency policy urges for enhancing the improvement of the institutional mechanisms of the modernization of energy systems based on European experience. Energy efficiency is one of the key elements in the competitiveness of Ukrainian goods and services and an important factor of economic growth in Ukraine.
The article deals with the key issues in Ukraine's European integration in the energy sector, in particular as to the requirements of the Second and Third EU Energy Packages. The verification of the process of Ukraine's European integration in the energy sector shows that our country shares and accepts the European principles, objectives and criteria for sustainable energy development, but does not apply Euro-pean methods of task solution, in particular as regards the transparency of the policy measures, consensus of all stakeholders, mechanisms of planning and forecasting (modern decision support systems and risk management, energy foresight, and tech-nology platforms), responsibility for delays in plan fulfilment and poor management, weak coordination between state authorities (duplication), social activation of the energy policy (public involvement) and others.
The article outlines the prospects of achieving the maximum possible energy independence of Ukraine. Current challenges for this country's energy policy are derived both from the specific features in the transformation of the energy sector and branch structure of the economy, and from the global geopolitical and economic trends on the world energy market, which over the last decade have changed sig-nificantly. Ukraine's response the same as that of most industrialized countries consists in reviewing the national energy strategy, whose main provisions are currently under discussion among experts.

Keywords: energy policy, energy security, energy balance, energy sustainability, energy efficiency, decoupling, diversification

During 2012-2016, domestic commodity exports declined annually. This trend is dangerous for the national economy, which is characterized by excessive dependence on the external conjuncture. The purpose of the article is to identify external and internal reasons of the reduction of commodity exports and to suggest ways and means to overcome this negative trend. The article focuses on the main export markets and the basic and traditional commodity groups of domestic exports.
Based on the analysis of domestic and international statistics, study of foreign trade agreements, domestic and foreign scientific publications on the problems of foreign trade, strategies and development programs of domestic exports and other information materials, the main factors of the deterioration of external and domestic market conditions have been identified, and ways and methods of overcoming those negative tendencies have been systematized and generalized.
Among the results that have elements of scientific novelty, one can mention the following: 1) identification of certain endogenous factors that hold back the growth and diversification of Ukrainian exports (institutional incapacity of the state-owned companies; the limited character of existing trade agreements (if any) between Ukraine and countries with a high potential for encouraging Ukraine's exports); a comprehensive analysis of the current condition of foreign trade with the People's Republic of China, Turkey and Kazakhstan; an in-depth analysis of the global and domestic market conditions for metallurgical products.
An example of institutional incapacity of the state-owned companies to enhance exports is the activities of the State Food and Grain Corporation of Ukraine (SFGCU). In 2012, the SFGCU and the Export-Import Bank of China agreed on the provision of a loan of $ 3 billion to the Ukrainian corporation under state guarantees. Half of the loan was intended for the purchase of grain (mainly maize) for further export to the People's Republic of China through the mediation of the Chinese National Machine Industry and General Contract Corporation. The second half of the loan was intended for the purchase of Chinese agricultural machinery and material resources for with subsequent delivery to Ukraine.
With lowering world prices for maize in 2014, the SFGCU actually refused to comply with several provisions of the contract, after which the Chinese party filed a lawsuit against Ukraine to the London International Arbitral Tribunal for damages of $ 3 billion. At the same time, a partial resumption of Ukraine's export of maize to China is possible subject to the solution of certain Ukraine's domestic institutional problems - from those that lie within the control of government institutions involved in contractual relations with the Chinese party, to the development of the system of phytosanitary control in Ukraine.
A unique situation has arisen in trade between Ukraine and Kazakhstan. In order to ensure its economic security and national interests, the Russian Federation has substantially complicated the transit of Ukrainian goods to Kazakhstan from January 2016, and since July 2016, it even temporarily banned the transit, through its territory, of those Ukrainian goods, which are subject to import duty with rates different from 0, as well as goods on which import embargo was im-posed in accordance with the Decree of the Government of Russian Federation No. 778 of 07.08.2014. Actually the transit ban involved 90% of all Ukrainian exports to Kazakhstan.
The most suffered are the exporters of machine-building and metallurgical products, whose deliveries decreased by 3 and 5 times, respectively. To restore exports to Kazakhstan, it is expe-dient, using the WTO mechanisms and procedures, to attain the lift of the ban on the transit of Ukrainian goods through the territory of the Russian Federation, as well as to intensify the activities of creating transport corridors bypassing the territory of the Russian Federation for the delivery of goods to Kazakhstan and Central Asian countries, in particular, using the TRACECA corridor.
To expand the exports of metallurgical products, it is necessary to carry out the following measures: to raise the quality of products by raising the volume of steel production in electric furnaces, converters, and creating mini and micro plants as businesses able to react promptly and flexibly to fluctuations in the market of metal products; to increase the output of hot rolled sheet on broadband hot rolling mills based on new technologies and equipment; and to expand the range of metal rolling, in particular to increase the production of cold-rolled sheet with protective coating.
Analysis of the world market of metallurgical products shows a necessity of: development of the production of high-quality transformer and automotive thin-sheet steel; expansion of the production of gas and oil pipes with external and internal coverage by introducing new high-tech technologies; increase in the production of high-quality pipes from continuous cast billets on high-performance continuous rolling mills and the organization of production of new grades of steel with increased corrosion resistance for oil extraction and transportation.
The implementation of these and other measures justified in the article would help overcome the negative tendency of reduction in domestic commodity exports.

Keywords: global trade, conjuncture, export, protectionism, non-tariff barriers, trade agreements, competitiveness

This article concerns digitalization of the energy industry in Ukraine. The authors review the evolutionary aspect of the gradual convergence of ITC and energy technologies and identify the key features and trends in digital transformation of Ukrainian economy. The international experience and the emerging global cooperation in energy digitalization are analyzed. Overall, the energy digitization is discovered to be a universal trend among the most prominent economies despite different prerequisites, interests, and factors concerned. It is shown that the progress in the formation of the intelligent energy supply systems depends on a number of factors. Unique features of specific subtasks that arise during digital transformation of energy industry are analyzed.
The article proposes consideration of the technological platform as a business model for digital development of infrastructure industries. The authors analyze the European experience in the formation and development of technology platforms as a basic tool for implementing innovation policy, economic growth of strategically important industries and technological development of the European Union countries. The potential and role of technological platforms in the process of digitalization of energy are determined. A structure of technological platform suited for the formation and development of the intelligent energy system in Ukraine is proposed. The main tasks and priorities of functioning of the domestic technological platform in the process of digitalization of domestic energy are determined. An organizational and economic mechanism for the formation of the intellectual energy system of Ukraine is developed.

Keywords: digital energy, technological convergence, smart energy systems, ICT, technological platforms