Institutional Change for Energy Transition in South Korea : A Discursive Institutionalist Perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 119-160
Author(s):  
Kyu Youn Choi
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Institutional Change ◽  
Energy Transition

scholarly journals A Comparative Study of Power Mixes for Green Growth: How South Korea and Japan See Nuclear Energy Differently

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (18) ◽  
pp. 5681
Author(s):  
Eunjung Lim
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
New Deal ◽  
News Media ◽  
Nuclear Energy ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Green Energy ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Political Systems ◽  
Green Growth ◽  
Carbon Neutrality

South Korea and Japan are two large contributors to global greenhouse gas emissions. In October 2020, President Moon Jae-in and Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide declared that their countries would aim for carbon neutrality by 2050. The Moon administration presented the Korean version of the New Deal that includes its Green New Deal, whereas the Suga administration completed its strategy aiming for green growth. Both countries emphasize the importance of energy transition through the expansion of green energy in power generation. However, they show some significant differences in dealing with nuclear energy. The purpose of this article is to compare the two countries’ energy policies and analyze the rationales and political dynamics behind their different approaches to nuclear energy. The study reveals that the contrast between the two political systems has resulted in differences between their policies. This study depends on comparative methods that use primary sources, such as governmental documents and reports by local news media.

Market legitimation in countercultural market change

2021 ◽  
pp. 147059312110560
Author(s):  
Hwanho Choi ◽  
Bernard Burnes
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Institutional Change ◽  
Institutional Logics ◽  
Institutional Work ◽  
Market Change ◽  
Market Experience ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Indie Music ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Market Changes

Drawing on concepts of institutional work, legitimacy, and institutional logics, we investigate why countercultural markets experience institutional change and the actions institutional work market actors perform to inform institutional logics and ensure the legitimacy of countercultural markets. Although previous research suggests market changes and disruption, little attention has been paid to markets that originate from different institutional backgrounds, changes in the market experience in relation to its legitimization, and institutional work to attain legitimacy. The case of indie music in South Korea illustrates the evolution of a cultural market from the introduction of its ethos, the crisis caused by legitimacy pressures, and the transformation of the market. Using data gathered through in-depth interviews with indie labels and music consumers in South Korea, and archival sources, our research illuminates the source of market struggle and theorizes approaches that market actors perform to overcome the struggle.

Public preference toward an energy transition policy: the case of South Korea

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (36) ◽  
pp. 45965-45973
Author(s):  
Ju-Hee Kim ◽  
Jae-Hyung Park ◽  
Seung-Hoon Yoo
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Public Preference ◽  
Transition Policy

scholarly journals Spatial Characteristics of the Diffusion of Residential Solar Photovoltaics in Urban Areas: A Case of Seoul, South Korea

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 644
Author(s):  
Moon-Hyun Kim ◽  
Tae-Hyoung Tommy Gim
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Peer Effects ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Large Population ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Complex Variables ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
Solar Photovoltaics ◽  
Apartment Complexes ◽  
The City

Mini-solar photovoltaics, which are installed on apartment balconies, are rapidly spreading in Seoul, South Korea. Seoul has implemented a policy to diffuse mini-solar photovoltaics in apartments for energy transition since 2012. The policy considers compact land use and a large population of the city. This study examines a variety of variables in relation to the adoption of mini-solar photovoltaics. In particular, we focus on peer effects, namely, those of spatially adjacent, previously installed mini-solar photovoltaics. As apartment characteristics, four variables are selected to assess both within and between apartment complexes: one for the density of adopters as a within-complex variable and three for the number of adopters in the 500 m, 1 km, and 1.5 km radius of apartment complexes as between-complex variables. A major finding is that peer effects significantly contribute to the new adoption of mini-solar photovoltaics. Implications of this finding are discussed in an urban context.

scholarly journals PV Waste Management at the Crossroads of Circular Economy and Energy Transition: The Case of South Korea

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 3565 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hana Kim ◽  
Hun Park
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Waste Generation ◽  
Shape Parameters ◽  
Early Loss ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Pv Module ◽  
And Storage ◽  
Over Time

The South Korean government’s renewable energy deployment plan aims to increase the share of electricity generated from renewables to 20% by 2030. To reach this goal, the rate of photovoltaic (PV) installation will accelerate in the coming years. This energy transition creates a new challenge: PV wastes. This study estimates the amount of PV waste generated, the material composition of PV waste, and the amount of recyclable metals in South Korea by 2080 under four different scenarios (combining shape parameters of 5.3759 [regular-loss] and 3.5 [early-loss] with PV module lifespans of 25 and 30 years) using the Weibull distribution function. The annual waste generated will fluctuate over time depending on the scenario, but between 4299 and 5764 thousand tons of PV waste will have been generated by 2080. Under the early-loss/25-year lifespan scenario, annual PV waste generation will increase to exceed 130,000 tons in 2045, then decrease through 2063 before increasing once again. The fluctuation in annual PV waste generation appears stronger under regular-loss scenarios. An appropriate system for the monitoring, collection, and storage of PV waste needs to be arranged even before the volume becomes high enough for recycling to be economically viable. International cooperation could be a way to maintain the PV waste stream at an economically feasible scale. It would also be a good idea if the PV module could be designed in a way that would enable easier recycling or reuse.

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