The role of natural gas in the formation of a new configuration of modern energy markets in europe

Current trends of the formation of the macroregional (supranational) European energy market are associated with the policies of EU economic leaders aimed at ensuring energy security of sustainable development. The German electricity market is one of the most significant examples of the competitive advantages of alternative energy resources, natural gas and other energy resources in this market. Natural gas is the most important energy and "insuring" resource of European energy. «Regional» («country») approach in forecasting the dynamics of energy balances of consumption and the share of natural gas in it is also important because it makes it possible to predict the natural gas market taking into account the specifics ofprice, balance, climatic, synoptic, socio-economic, environmental factors.