• 에너지공학
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.10-20
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• 2018

저렴한 농사용 전력 요금으로 인한 농업 부문 전력 과소비, 에너지의 전력 의존도 증가, 전력 생산성 저하, 교차보조의 증가 등 부작용들이 심화되고 있다. 더구나, 저렴한 전기 요금의 혜택이 영세농이 아닌 기업농에 집중되고 있으며, 최근에는 가상통화 채굴에 농사용 전기가 불법 사용되는 사례가 늘고 있다. 본 연구는 이러한 부작용을 분석하고, 로그평균 디비지아 지수법(LMDI)을 이용하여 1988-2016년 농사용 전력 소비량 증가를 성장, 구조 변화, 에너지 집약도 변화 등 세 가지 요인으로 구분하여 각 요인별 영향을 추정한다. 본 연구는 현행 농사용 전력요금 정책이 여러 가지 부작용을 낳고 국가 에너지 수입 부담을 가중시키며 온실 가스 배출 증가 억제에 부정적인 만큼 근본적인 변화가 시급함을 알려준다.

• 농촌지도와개발
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.251-265
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• 2004

The agricultural sector's economic structure in Korea is regarded to encounter major barriers on the way toward revitalizing its economic prosperity. Among many, the energy-related problem is one of prime nuclei embedded in the country's agricultural sector. The ought-to-come structural changes in the country's agricultural energy system hinge upon the central government's policy direction as well as efforts of local governments and local farming community members. The indirect aids via 'cross subsidy' of electricity tariff rate and 'tax-exempt price' of oil fuels are two notable causes of the unsustainable energy consumption pattern in the country's agricultural sector. As measures, demand-side management(DSM) and energy-efficiency promotions are regarded to be the most attractive methods for energy conservation and economic productivity as well. Development of renewable energy sources are also receiving a great deal of attention for the long-term alternatives to the country's existing oil-based agricultural production mode. This study examines the contributive potential of DSM approaches and renewables-based technologies. With the critical evaluation on the concurrent adversities of the country's agricultural energy system, various sources of renewable energy-solar power, wind power, biomass, etc.-are examined for the purpose of technological and economical viability. As sufficient potentials of renewable energy sources are being estimated, both the system production cost and the installation cost for the county's rural areas are expected to lower in the long term. DSM options are also evaluated to be fruitful even in the short term. Both the public and civil arenas must galvanise each side's effort in order to promote these policy options and community potentials.