Influence of innovation infrastructure on the formation of key competences of the management personnel in energy enterprises in the digital economy

The article discusses the definitions of innovation, innovation infrastructure, competencies, including those formulated by Russian scientists, analyzes innovations in the energy sector of the Russian Federation, and develops a model of innovation infrastructure based on the scientific and methodological center of an industry university. Realization of the set goal was carried out through the application of general scientific research methods. The object of the study is the model of innovative infrastructure based on the scientific and methodological center of the branch university, and the subject is the formation of competencies of management personnel of energy enterprises in digital economy. The main results of the study are the identified trend in the development of innovations in the energy sector and the developed model of the innovation infrastructure based on the scientific and methodological center of the industry university. Improving the innovation infrastructure helps to increase the efficiency and competitiveness of energy enterprises, including through the formation of key competencies of management personnel in digital economy. After analyzing innovations in the energy sector of the Russian Federation, trends and directions of development were identified. It was possible to trace the dynamics of the main characteristics and form an innovation infrastructure model based on the scientific and methodological center of the industry university in order to train personnel for Russian energy enterprises. The results of the study will make a significant contribution to create a training model for the energy sector of the Russian Federation.