• Environmental and Resource Economics Review
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.777-799
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• 2022

This study examined the latest EU regulatory strengthening trends for refrigerant gases with very large global warming potential (GWP) and derived implications for carbon neutrality. The European Commission recently unveiled an amendment that significantly strengthens the F-gas Regulation. This study presented the meaning of the main contents related to refrigerants in the amendment by comparing them with the current regulations. The main contents of the amendment include drastically reducing the maximum amount of HFCs that can be placed on the market, strengthening regulations related to HFCs allocation, adding products and equipment that use high GWP refrigerants, adding regulated F-gas and updating the GWP of existing gases, and other stricter regulatory designs. This movement of the EU will affect the policy stance of advanced countries such as the United States and Japan, and Korea's policy will also be further strengthened. Therefore, it will be inevitable for related industries to change to next-generation refrigerant gas. Meanwhile, this study also analyzed the latest policy trends related to per- and polyfluoralkyl substances (PFAS) regulation, which were not noted in previsou studies on refrigerants and F-gas. If PFAS's registration of REACH restricted substances, which are being promoted by five European countries, is made, it will have a very big impact on the industry regarding refrigerant gas. In addition, it will be inevitable to thoroughly review each country's greenhouse gas reduction strategies related to F-gas materials, including refrigerants.

• Bulletin of the Korea Photovoltaic Society
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.22-28
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• 2021

최근 잇따라 발생하고 있는 이상 기후로 탄소 중립에 대한 관심이 높아지고 있다. 우리나라 정부도 신재생에너지 중심의 에너지 전환과 수소 경제 활성화에 대한 정책을 연일 발표하면서 많은 국책 과제들이 추진되고 있다. 잉여 재생에너지를 수소 가스로 변환하여 저장했다가 필요할 때 다시 전기로 사용하거나, 수소 가스 자체를 타 산업에 활용할 수 있게 해주는 핵심 기술이 수전해 기술이다. 다양한 수전해 기술 중에 PEM 수전해 기술은 재생에너지의 빠른 변동에 신속하게 대응할 수 있어 재생에너지 확산과 더불어 최근 높은 관심을 받고 있는 기술이다. 그러나 비싼 촉매와 내부식성이 필요한 핵심 부품들이 국산화 되어 있지 않아 장치의 가격이 높은 상황이다. 그에 따라 아직은 수전해를 통해 생산된 수소 단가가 다른 기술을 통해 생산된 수소들 보다 가격이 높아 상업화가 더디게 진행되고 있다. 그러나 정밀 가공, 열처리, 코팅 등의 뿌리 기술들을 이용하면 PEM 수전해기의 핵심 부품인 bipolar plate나 end plate, 분리판 등을 국산화 하여 수소 생산 단가를 낮출 수 있는 여지는 충분하다. 탄소 중립에 반드시 필요한 그린 수소가 가격 경쟁력을 확보할 수 있도록 산업간 기술 협력이 절실한 시점이다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.60 no.3
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• pp.433-438
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• 2022

A carbon cycle model based method is proposed in order to evaluate the effectiveness of various policies and projects to achieve carbon neutrality. The proposed model was validated by properly reproducing the increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and the rise of the global average temperature from the data of anthropogenic carbon emissions and deforestation since the industrial revolution. As a case study, a carbon cycle impact assessment was performed for deforestation, reforestation, and afforestation. It was verified that the increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is attributed not only to fossil fuel usage, but also to deforestation, and that even if deforestation is immediately followed by reforestation, it takes very long to return to the initial concentration. The proposed method is expected to be eventually applicable to simulation of potential climate control in the future, contributing to safety verification of various climate engineering techniques.

• Clean Technology
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• v.29 no.2
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• pp.151-159
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• 2023

The realization of carbon neutrality requires cooperation from various stakeholders and the utilization of a governance system. The criteria for participating members are crucial for the successful operation of governance, and it is especially necessary for experts who can provide scientific advice for policy implementation to share a framework for successful consensus. In this study, governance model theory and model structure, governance common success factors by case, and the application of governance cases in the climate and environmental sector of Seoul, were investigated and analyzed to derive common success factors in order to present the activity standards of the science and technology experts participating in governance. The study of the model theory suggested that the model structure is commonly composed of a basic condition-process-result structure, and it was confirmed that common success factors can be derived at the process stage which is the activity period of members. Through the case study of common success factors, overlapping factors were found to be reliability, accountability, transparency, networks, and related factors. The validity of the common success factors was verified using the analysis results of satisfaction survey data from Seoul Governance Committee participants. The results confirmed that reliability was the most valuable factor followed by networks, transparency, and responsibility, and it was found that the related factors were appropriately derived. The findings of this study are expected to be used as an activity factor for science and technology experts to increase the acceptability and effectiveness of carbon-neutral policies in the future.

• Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.122-131
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• 2023

Currently, major foreign countries such as Europe, the United States, Japan, and China have established policy and technology goals by 2050 to achieve the hydrogen economy. In line with this, Korea is also preparing to leap forward as a leading country in the world's best hydrogen economy by establishing a technology development target by 2050. In this paper, by examining and analyzing domestic and foreign policy and technology trends to date, implications for domestic hydrogen policy and technology trends are discussed, and major issues and future contents are summarized.

• Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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• v.34 no.6
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• pp.562-574
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• 2023

Carbon neutrality has been suggested to overcome the global climate crisis caused by global climate change. Hydrogen energy is a major way to achieve carbon neutrality, and the developments and policies of hydrogen technology have been proposed to achieve this goal. To commercialize hydrogen energy resources, it is necessary to understand the overall value chain composed of hydrogen production, storage, and utilization and to present the direction of technological developments. In this paper the hydrogen strategies of major countries, including Europe, the United States, Japan, China, and South Korea will be analyzed, and hydrogen technologies by value chain will also be explain. This paper will contribute to understanding the overall hydrogen policy and technology, as both policy and technology are summarized.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2023.05a
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• pp.341-341
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• 2023

전 세계적으로 발생하고 있는 기후변화로 최근 극한의 가뭄이나 홍수가 발생하고 있으며, 이로 인한 경제·사회적으로 피해를 발생시키고 있는 실정이다. 이에 따라 기후변화에 직접적으로 영향을 주는 원인 중 하나인 온실가스에 대한 관심 높은 실정이며, 전 지구적으로 다양한 분야에서 탄소중립을 위한 정책이나 실천 방안 마련을 위한 연구가 활발히 이루어지고 있다. 우리나라에서는 2050 장기 저탄소 발전전략을 수립하였으며, 농축산부문의 온실가스 배출량을 2018년 배출량인 24.7백만톤 대비하여 2030년까지 27.1%인 약 6.7백만톤 감축을 목표로 하며 그 중 벼 논물관리를 통한 온실가스 감축 목표량은 540천톤으로 농업인의 참여가 요구된다. 이에 본 연구에서는 저탄소 논물관리를 위한 농업인 대상으로 총 3회의 교육을 실시하였다. 저탄소 논물관리 참여의식 고츼 및 탄소 중립에 대한 이해를 돕기위한 교육을 실시하였고 교육 전·후 참여 농업인 대상의 설문조사를 실시하였다. 저탄소 논물관리의 핵심인 중간 물떼기와 관련된 설문 결과, 교육 전 2주 미만 논물을 건조한다고 응답한 농업인은 51%였으나 교육 3회 실시 후 설문에서는 2주일 이상 논물을 건조한다고 응답한 농업인이 78%로 증가하였다. 또한, 출수기부터 완전 물떼기 전까지의 논물관리 방식인 걸러대기는 교육전 49%였지만 교육 실시 후 74%로 증가하여 걸러대기를 실천하는 농업인 비율이 높아졌다. 이처럼 농업분야의 온실가스 배출량 감축을 위한 정책이 현장에서 효과적으로 실천되기 위해서는 농업인의 참여가 필수적이다. 따라서 본 연구와 같이 농업인 대상의 교육이나 컨설팅 등이 함께 이루어진다면 더욱 높은 효과를 나타낼 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• Environmental and Resource Economics Review
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• v.31 no.3
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• pp.393-417
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• 2022

Using hourly SMP data from 2016 to 2020, this paper measures the weekly realized volatility and investigates the main force of its determinants. To this end, we extend the Bayesian variable selection by incorporating the regime-switching model which identifies important variables among a large number of predictors by regimes. We find that the increase in coal and nuclear generation, as well as solar power, reinforce the SMP volatility in both high volatility and low volatility regime. In contrast the increase in gas generation and gas price decrease SMP volatility when SMP volatility is high. These results suggest that the expansion of renewable energy according to 2050 Carbon Neutrality or energy transition policies increases SMP volatility but the increase in the gas generation or reduction of coal generation might offset its impact.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2021.11a
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• pp.487-490
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• 2021

교통약자의 이동권 보장을 위한 다양한 제도와 교통서비스가 국내외에서 시행되고 있다. 그러나 교통약자를 위한 정책이 이동편의시설 확충이나 특별교통수단·저상버스 확보 등에 치우쳐 있다. 이로 말미암아 교통수단간 연계와 이용자 관점의 서비스 편의성과 자율성 확보에는 여전히 한계가 있다. 본 연구에서는 교통약자 이동편의를 국내외 정책과 서비스 사례를 살펴보고, 마이데이터를 활용한 교통약자 이동지원 서비스 모델을 제시한다.

• Journal of Technology Innovation
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• v.31 no.1
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• pp.29-63
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• 2023

The purpose of this study is to analyze the process of changes in regional science and technology policies in Korea and to seek future development directions. In Korea, regional science and technology policies have been implemented since the introduction of the local autonomy system. Since then, it has been implemented in earnest with the establishment of a central government-level plan. The regional science and technology policies have been developed to this day by interacting with national science and technology policies and regional development policies. Nevertheless, due to the path dependence and lock-in effect in the accumulated process, the regional science and technology policies are still subordinate to central government policies. Thus, the establishment of an independent ecosystem for local science and technology is still insufficient. Furthermore, the gap between regions is deepening, such as the growing of aging population, population decline due to low birth rates, job losses due to the recession of local key industry, and the concentration of the youth population in the metropolitan area. The transformation path such as digital transformation and carbon neutrality paradigm is expected to further widen regional disparities. In order to address a comprehensive problem, the implementing system of regional science and technology policies need to be newly established. A framework for reinvention of regional science and technology policy needed in the era of grand societal challenges have to be developed.