Positive Effects and Problematic Conditions of Adopting the Benefit Sharing Mechanism in Renewable Energy Projects: Focusing on the Case of Onshore Wind Farms in Jeju Island (in Korean)
Published in Space & Environment, 2018
Recommended citation: Lee, K., Yun S. (2018). Positive Effects and Problematic Conditions of Adopting the Benefit Sharing Mechanism in Renewable Energy Projects: Focusing on the Case of Onshore Wind Farms in Jeju Island. Journal: Space & Environment: Vol.65. (pp.227~270). doi: 10.19097/kaser.2018.28.3.227
Abstract
Despite of widely known environmentally-friendliness of renewable energy, local residents have opposed to installation projects of renewable energy facilities in South Korea, mostly because of benefit distribution problems. Accordingly, in 2017, the Moon Jae-in government in South Korea announced to implement new renewable energy policies in order to promote local participation in various and large-scale renewable energy projects. However, no case study has been conducted on the impact of the Benefit Sharing Mechanism (BSM) with regard to renewable energy projects in South Korea. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine the positive effects and problematic conditions of adopting the BSM into renewable energy projects focusing on the case of onshore wind farms in Jeju island to drive a high level of public acceptance and policy implications. Interviews were conducted with seven representatives living in three villages, Samdal-ri, Gasi-ri, Hangwon-ri, in Jeju island. Through this study, three positive effects and four problematic conditions of the BSM came to be identified. The result of this study implies importance of internalizing sufficient damage rewards into the BSM, considering local residents as major stakeholders, utilizing electricity subsidy, expanding beneficiary scope, and preparing platform or guidelines for establishing place-based Benefit Sharing Mechanism in South Korea.
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이경민, & 윤순진. (2018). 재생가능에너지사업 이익공유체계 도입의긍정적 효과와 문제 상황: 제주도 육상풍력발전 주변 마을 사례를 중심으로. 공간과 사회, 28(3), 227-270.
Lee, K., Yun S. (2018). Positive Effects and Problematic Conditions of Adopting the Benefit Sharing Mechanism in Renewable Energy Projects: Focusing on the Case of Onshore Wind Farms in Jeju Island. Journal: Space & Environment: Vol.65. (pp.227~270). doi: 10.19097/kaser.2018.28.3.227
Chicago style
Kyungmin Lee, and Sunjin Yun (2018). Positive Effects and Problematic Conditions of Adopting the Benefit Sharing Mechanism in Renewable Energy Projects: Focusing on the Case of Onshore Wind Farms in Jeju Island. Journal: Space & Environment: Vol.65. (pp.227~270). doi: 10.19097/kaser.2018.28.3.227
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