ANALYSIS OF THE PROSPECTS OF ENERGY-ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES
The paper shows that a comprehensive intersectoral approach is needed to address the issues of systematic management of energy saving in agriculture and to justify rational measures of economic support for the state-initiated introduction of energy-saving technologies, machines, and projects. Such requirements are met by the energy-economic (bioenergy) assessment method. The energy-economic assessment consists in comparing the costs of cultivating plants or servicing animals in single units of measurement with the production results and is mainly of national strategic importance. On the basis of such assessment, economic guidelines and incentives for the introduction of new energy-effi cient technologies, machines and projects, including the use of renewable energy sources, can be developed. The author presents an approach to improving the methodology of energy-economic assessment of agricultural technologies and projects when using renewable energy sources in technological processes. It is proved that in order to ensure the reliability of the energy-economic assessment associated with permanent technological and organizational changes and the digitalization of technology and economy, it is necessary to continue research to improve the assessment methodology, as well as clarify and regularly update energy equivalents.