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http://dx.doi.org/10.15207/JKCS.2020.11.8.173

A study on the estimation of the renewable energy certificates(REC) weight considering the life cycle assessment(LCA) of greenhouse gas emission  

Beak, Hun (Department of Consulting, Kumoh National Institute of Technology)
Kim, Tae Sung (School of Industrial Engineering, Kumho National Institute of Technology)
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Journal of the Korea Convergence Society / v.11, no.8, 2020 , pp. 173-182 More about this Journal
Abstract
The government continuously improves the RPS system to expand the supply of renewable energy, but there has been criticism that more environmental aspects should be considered to reduce GHG emission. REC weights are differentiated according to renewable energy sources. Greenhouse gas emission is one of the decisive factors, and its value is set by experts' opinion. This study assigns LCA to get accurate value of GHG emission. The LCA calculates emitted greenhouse gases from entire process of fuel production, transportation, power plant construction, operation, and decommission. This study suggests a method to change the greenhouse gas reduction effect from the existing qualitative method to the quantitative method and evaluates them. As a result, the evaluation score is changed, but the tier interval is so large that it does not affect the REC weight. Therefore, this study suggests the way that directly reflect the greenhouse gas reduction effect in the REC weight.
Keywords
Renewable energy; RPS; REC; GHG; LCA;
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