CIVIL PROTECTION IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND INDUSTRY 5.0: CHALLENGES FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY (THE CASE OF MICROGRIDS)

Abstract

Purpose. The purpose of the paper: to identify the main risk factors affecting the functioning of microgrids in order to reduce the level of civil danger at these enterprises within Ukraine and to suggest ways to minimize them.

Research methods: literary analysis, theoretical study of available information, use of methods of analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction, systematization and generalization, methods of formal logic.

Results. The paper notes the need to move away from fossil resources and transition countries to the use of renewable energy sources within the framework of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, accents the digital transformation of society and the transition to the concept of Industry 5.0. The features of the structure of microgrids as one of the key enterprises of renewable energy within the framework of ensuring sustainable development and Industry 5.0 are analyzed. Their composition and features of functioning are noted, including the use of artificial intelligence in the management of microgrids. The existing problems (technical, economic, legal, cyber threats) are highlighted, as well as the potential for implementation in the energy system of Ukraine.

Scientific novelty. According to the results of the work, the main directions of gradation of microgrids were proposed and structured, the main risk factors in the operation of microgrids of various designs were noted and analyzed, the gradation of the main directions was outlined for the first time, in which an increase in the level of civil danger can be observed during the operation of microgrids within Ukraine, which is a scientific novelty of the study.

Practical significance. Taking into account the identified risk factors, ways to minimize the level of civil danger are proposed, which is a practical result of this study. Timely implementation of the proposed measures when introducing microgrids into the energy system of Ukraine is expected to contribute to its further post-war restoration and sustainable development within Industry 5.0. The results obtained are of an applied nature and will be useful to a wide range of specialists in the field of civil protection, labor protection, energy and environmental protection in the development and implementation of microgrids in the energy sector of Ukraine.