A conceptual approach to the management of the innovative development of the heat supply sector

Introduction. According to the strategic priorities of the Russian Federation in the field of energy, energy saving and rational use of resources is the focus of attention in the development and functioning of the fuel and energy complex of the country. However, the energy resources of Russia are used with insufficient efficiency, and high energy intensity values of the country’s gross domestic product indicate a strong deterioration of fixed assets and their technological backwardness. The domestic heat supply sector, which is an important part of the country’s fuel and energy complex, shows low efficiency and reliability, as evidenced by an increase in the number of accidents, high heat losses in networks and a significant proportion of infrastructure in need of replacement. One of the tools contributing to the implementation of resource and energy saving processes in the field of heat supply is the use of innovations that allow accelerating the pace of development of the sphere in the strategic perspective. In this regard, the purpose of the study is to form a conceptual approach of the management of the innovative development of the heat supply sector.Materials and methods. The normative basis of the study is the legislative acts of the Russian Federation regulating the activities of heat supply and determining the directions of state energy policy. The work is based on the fundamental theories of management and the theory of innovation. The methodological basis of the study is the approaches developed in the economic literature to determining the innovation climate and innovative potential of organizations, approaches to assessing the effectiveness of the introduction and implementation of innovations, as well as the provisions of systemic, project and stakeholder approaches to management.Results. The result of the research is the formed conceptual approach to the management of innovative development of the heat supply sector, specifying the conditions that promote innovative development, and determining the possibility of developing methods to ensure these conditions to achieve the goals of innovative development of heat supply.Conclusions. The proposed management tool for the innovative development of the heat supply sector makes it possible to implement strategic prospects for its development in the focus of resource and energy conservation based on the use of innovative materials, technologies and control systems.

fuel and energy complex, heat power engineering, heat supply, innovations, innovative development of heat supply, energy conservation, resource conservation