Features of Energy Transition in Electricity Power Industry of Some Countries of the Word

Aim. We assess the directions and dynamics of energy transition in the electric power industry of some foreign countries, based on the tasks to be solved in the process of energy transition in the Russian electric power industry.

Methodology. Using the program-target method, we model target structures (construction of strategic maps) of the development of the world electric power industry and the German electric power industry in accordance with the goals of the “Sustainable Development Agenda” of the United Nations. Use is also made of a comparative descriptive method to analyze the compliance of the results of energy transition in the electric power industry of individual countries with such criteria as price, physical accessibility, reliability of electricity supply, appropriate renewability and energy efficiency, which were set at the global level.

Results. We revealed some features of energy transition in the power industry of a number of leading industrial countries, including positive (specific fuel consumption reduction, decrease in negative impact on the environment of traditional power industry, and optimal use of wind and solar energy) and negative features (groundless refusal to develop traditional energy, with its degradation and disruption of the system in power supply; hypertrophied development of wind and solar energy despite the multiple increase in the cost of electricity generation; and unreliability and lack of self-sufficiency of such sources in specific natural and geographical locations). This confirms the validity of the choice of the main directions in energy transition in Russia, associated with the predominant development of nuclear energy, where proper scientific and practical groundwork is provided, a high level of reliability and safety is achieved, and a closed (renewable) fuel cycle is mastered.

Research implications. Attention is drawn to specific features of energy transition in individual countries that should be taken into account it in the Russian electric power industry.

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