• 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 Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2022.05a
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• pp.72-72
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• 2022

전 세계적으로 기후변화로 인한 기상재해의 발생 빈도가 증가하고 있다. 특히 기후변화로 인한 기온상승은 사계절이 뚜렷한 우리나라의 기후도 동남아와 같은 아열대 기후로 변하고 있는 추세이다. 기후변화 전망보고서에 따르면는 우리나라의 연 강우량이 현재(1,491mm)보다 약 11% 증가(1,658mm) 하고, 연평균기온이 현재 대비 2040년대 0.7℃, 2090년대 3.1℃ 상승할 것으로 전망했다. 기후변화에 의한 여름철 기온 상승과 겨울철 기온 하강은 에너지 소비량과 소비 패턴 변화를 유발하고 에너지 수요와 공급 불일치의 원인이 된다. 이에 정부에서는 기후변화에 적응하기 위해 화석연료 기반의 에너지 생산에서 그린에너지를 이용한 에너지 생산으로 전환이 효과적이라고 공표하였다. 이어 2050년까지 탄소중립 달성을 위해 신재생에너지르 통한 도전과제를 제시하였으며, 기업 및 공공기관의 RE100참여를 확대하고 활용 가능한 유망 재생에너지원을 발굴을 목표로 하고 있다. 이에 본 연구팀은 국가 기상재해·그린에너지 빅데이터 센터를 설립하여 정부의 다양한 이행수단의 근거 데이터를 제공하고, 민·관에서 활용 할 수 있는 그린에너지 데이터를 제공하고자 한다. 본 센터에서는 침수예측데이터, 풍력, 태양광, 소수력, 수열 잠재 에너지 데이터를 생산하고 있으며, 각 데이터에 대한 활용 및 서비스 방안을 소개하고자 한다.

• Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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• v.35 no.2
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• pp.175-184
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• 2024

This study focuses on investigating the importance of managing greenhouse gas emissions from global energy consumption, specifically examining domestic targets for clean hydrogen production. Using life cycle assessment, we evaluated reductions in global warming potential and assessed the carbon neutrality contribution of the domestic hydrogen sector. Transitioning from brown or grey hydrogen to blue or green hydrogen can significantly reduce emissions, potentially lowering CO₂ equivalent levels by 2030 and 2050. These research findings underscore the effectiveness of clean hydrogen as an energy management strategy and offer valuable insights for technology development.

• Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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• v.35 no.1
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• pp.14-26
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• 2024

Global efforts continue with the goal of transition to a "carbon neutral (net zero)" society with zero carbon emissions by 2050. For this purpose, the technology of water electrolysis is being developed, which can store electricity generated from renewable energies in large quantities and over a long period of time as hydrogen. Recently, various research and large-scale projects on 'green hydrogen', which has no carbon emissions, are being conducted. In this paper, a comparison of water electrolysis technologies was carried out and, based on data provided by the International Energy Agency (IEA), large-scale water electrolysis demonstration projects were analyzed by classifying them by technology, power supply, country and end user. It is expected that through the analysis of large-scale water electrolysis demonstration projects, research directions and road maps can be provided for the development/implementation of commercial projects in the future.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2023.05a
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• pp.466-466
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• 2023

전세계적으로 2050년까지 탄소 배출량을 0으로 만들기 위한 탄소중립을 선언하였고, 우리나라에서는 온실가스 감축 목표 달성을 위해 논물관리기술 확산, 가축분뇨 자원순환 등 농업 분야 탄소 저감 계획을 수립하였다. 특히, 논물관리기술을 통한 탄소 저감 목표를 달성하기 위해서는 지역별 적합한 논물관리기술 모델이 개발되어야 한다. 이에 본 연구에서는 강원도 지역에 적합한 논물관리기술 모델 개발을 위해 강원도 원주시 일대 6개의 시험포를 조성하여 메탄 발생량을 모니터링 하였다. 각 시험포는 상시담수(S1), 4주 중간 물떼기+얕게 걸러 대기(S2), 4주 중간 물떼기+얕게 대기(S3), 3주 중간 물떼기+얕게 걸러 대기(S4), 2주 중간 물떼기+얕게 걸러 대기(S5), 2주 중간 물떼기+얕게 대기(S6)로 논물관리기간을 다르게 설정하였다. 그리고 각 시험포에는 메탄 발생량 모니터링을 위해 각각 3개의 챔버와 논물관리를 위한 자동물꼬조절장치를 설치하였다. 메탄발생량 모니터링은 2022년 5월부터 2022년 9월까지 총 5개월 동안 25회 진행하였다. 메탄 발생량 모니터링 결과 S1은 423.1 kg/ha, S2는 348.4 kg/ha, S3은 396.4 kg/ha, S4는 164.7 kg/ha, S5는 347.9 kg/ha, S6은 234.1 kg/ha 의 메탄이 배출된 것으로 분석되었다. 분석결과와 같이 S1에서 메탄 발생량이 가장 많았으며, S4에서 가장 적게 발생한 것으로 분석되었다. 논에서 발생되는 메탄에 영향을 주는 인자는 토양 유기물, 토양 산도 등이 중요한 요인으로 알려져 있으며, 이앙 전과 수확 후 토양분석을 진행한 결과 시험포별 인자별 변화량 차이가 나타났다. 따라서 장기적인 모니터링을 통해 논물관리기술에 따른 토양유기물 및 토양 산도 변화에 대한 보완이 필요할 것으로 판단되며, 지속적인 메탄 발생량 모니터링을 통해 강원도 지역에 적합한 논물관리기술을 적용해야 할 것으로 보여진다.

• Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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• v.110 no.4
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• pp.554-568
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• 2021

Forests are the largest carbon (C) sinks in terrestrial ecosystems. Recently, as enhancing forest C sequestration capacity has been proposed as a basic direction of the Republic of Korea's "2050 Carbon Neutral Strategy," accurate estimation of forest C sequestration has been emphasized. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change guidelines, sequestration quantity is calculated from changes in C stocks in forest C pools, such as biomass, deadwood, litter and soil layer, and harvested wood products. However, in Korea, only the overstory biomass increase is now considered the amount of sequestration quantity, so there can be a significant difference from the actual forest C sequestration. In this study, we quantified forest C exchange through C flux measurement using an eddy covariance system and an automated soil chamber system in a 57-year-old Korean pine plantation located in Mt. Taehwa, Gwangju-si, Gyeonggi-do. Then, the net amount of C sequestration was compared with the amount of the overstory biomass increase. We estimated the annual C stock change in the remaining C pools by comparing the net sequestration amount from the C flux measurement with the overstory biomass increase and C stock change in the litter layer. Therefore, the net C sequestration of the Korean pine plantation estimated from the flux measurement was 5.96 MgC ha^-1, which was about 2.2 times greater than 2.77 MgC ha^-1 of the overstory biomass increase. The annual C stock increase in the litter layer was estimated to be 0.75 MgC ha^-1, resulting in a total annual C stock increase of 2.45 MgC ha^-1 in the remaining C pools. Our results indicate that the domestic forest is a larger C sink than the current methods, implying that more accurate calculations of the C sequestration capacity are necessary to quantify C stock changes in C pools along with the C flux measurement.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2022.05a
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• pp.122-122
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• 2022

기후변화 대응 및 탄소 저감 노력의 일환으로 신재생에너지의 개발 및 활용이 전 세계적으로 활발하며, 우리나라에서도 2050년 탄소중립 달성을 위하여 친환경 에너지 시스템 구축에 많은 노력을 기울이고 있다. 전통적인 재생에너지인 수력은 발전의 효율성, 안정성과 발전 제어의 용이함 때문에 널리 사용되고 있으나, 경제성을 확보하기 위한 댐, 보의 설치 및 대규모 발전설비가 필요하여, 생태계, 환경 파괴 등의 문제점 등을 수반하여, 최근 들어 대규모 사업이 이루어지지 못하고 있다. 이러한 흐름에 따라 최근에는 유럽을 중심으로 친환경 소수력 발전으로 회전 나선형 아르키메데스 수차를 활용한 소수력 발전의 적용이 이루어지고 있으며, 특히 2000년대 이후 독일을 중심으로 활발히 개발되고 있다. 또한 휴대용 초소수력 발전은 새로운 산업분야로 민간용 초소수력 발전기의 개발 및 판매가 국내외에서 증가하고 있으며, 우리나라에서도 자연 하천 환경에 활용 가능한 초소수력 발전의 필요성이 꾸준히 제기되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 저유량 및 저낙차에 적용 가능한 '초소형 회전 나선형 아르키메데스 수차', 초소형 발전에 적합한 '발전기 및 발전시스템', 자연환경을 훼손하지 않는 친환경 '유도수로'로 구성되어, 원하는 하천이나 수로 등에 손쉽게 설치 가능한 초소형 소수력 발전시스템을 개발하였다. 회전 나선형 아르키메데스 수차는 3D프린터로 제작한 후, 강화 코팅제를 도포하여 내구성을 확보하였다. 상용 AC발전기, 소형 발전기용 '발전기 및 발전시스템'을 적용하고, 콘트롤 보드를 맞춤형으로 제작하여 경제성을 확보하였다. 이러한 발전 시스템은 개발 테스트 중에 있으며 향후 방류수로, 하수구 등 현장 적용을 준비 중에 있다.

• Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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• v.111 no.4
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• pp.667-675
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• 2022

Agroforestry is an ecological and economic land-use system that enables sustainable agriculture by combining forestry, agriculture, and livestock industries. North Korea chose agroforestry as a strategy for the restoration of sloping land and deforested land. Agroforestry was proposed for the inter-Korean forest cooperation subcommittee meeting and is currently highlighting carbon removal and promoting the '2050 Carbon Neutral Strategy' and 'Korea Peninsula Green Détente.' The study area, Suan-gun, Hwanghaebuk-do, is a constant deforestation monitoring area and a pilot site for management by the International Center for Research in Agroforestry. The requirements for agroforestry were analyzed through literature analysis. The agroforestry site-suitability map was visualized by applying GIS overlap analysis. Approximately 8,839 ha of sloping area was selected as suitable for agroforestry management, which is about 15% of Suan. We compared the map with Google Earth images and visually detected the land use status, such as agroforestry in Suan, to verify the results. As a future study, we will consider both natural-environment and socioeconomic factors and evaluate the relative importance of the factors to produce a high-accuracy agroforestry sitesuitability map at the national scale with the goal of producing basic data for the inter-Korea forest cooperation policy for long-term goals.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.79-90
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• 2023

The study is to estimate the social costs of premature deaths due to nuclear power plant(NPP) accidents, by resorting to the contingent valuation method(CVM) which is used to estimate the value of a statistical life(VSL). The VSL estimate is about 3.55 billion won, which is multiplied by some 1.8 million premature deaths due to the accidents in world history of NPP, to get a maximum social cost of 1,952 trillion won. This estimate is equivalent to the 2022 real GDP of Korea. The annual average number of premature deaths and the resulting average social cost is 26,000 and 28 trillion won, respectively. The social cost of premature deaths due not only to accidents, but also the air pollutants from fired power plants(FPP) during 1987~2021 is estimated to be 26,919 trillion won. This is equivalent to 2021 US GDP, and is about 3,000 times higher than that for NPP of 9 trillion won. In 2021, the estimated social costs of FPP and NPP are 1,075 trillion won and 292 billion won, respectively. For South Korea, the study suggests to adapt an energy mix of increased share of electricity production for NPP relative to FPP, given that the 2050 carbon neutrality strategy of Korea is expected to lead to an increased share of renewable energy in electricity production. The study emphasizes accumulating the number of CVM-based VSL studies to ensure efficient energy policies.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.39 no.5_4
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• pp.1165-1172
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• 2023

Recently, Korea has declared carbon neutrality by 2050. The Korea Forest Service is promoting the precision and high technology of forest resource surveys. As such, the demand for forest resource management is increasing, and the need to build a digital twin of forest space is increasing. However, to date, digital twin has only built and provided virtual city services, which are city and nationwide digital twin environments. Three-dimensional digital twin services targeting forest space are not operated and provided. Therefore, in this study, we aimed to implement a forest digital twin environment to provide 3D forest spatial information services corresponding to vertical information such as tree-level height and thorax diameter. By lightweighting realistic 3D tree models and applying 3D Tiles, we confirmed the feasibility of implementing a forest digital twin environment for 3D forest spatial information services. Through continuous research, we plan to implement a forest digital twin that can deploy and service 3D tree models for trees nationwide, including street trees in urban areas. This is expected to enable the development of forest digital twin services for forest resource management.