scholarly journals South Korean Public Acceptance of the Fuel Transition from Coal to Natural Gas in Power Generation

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (19) ◽  
pp. 10787
Author(s):  
Hyung-Seok Jeong ◽  
Ju-Hee Kim ◽  
Seung-Hoon Yoo
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Public Support ◽  
Probit Model ◽  
Public Acceptance ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The Public ◽  
Reduce Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Co2

South Korea has set up a plan to convert 24 coal-fired power plants into natural gas-fired ones by 2034 in order to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. This fuel transition can succeed only if it receives the public support. This article seeks to investigate the public acceptance of the fuel transition. For this purpose, data on South Koreans’ acceptance of the fuel transition were gathered on a nine-point scale from a survey of 1000 people using face-to-face individual interviews with skilled interviewers visiting households. The factors affecting acceptance were identified and examined using an ordered probit model. Of all the interviewees, 73.6 percent agreed with and 12.2 percent opposed the fuel transition, respectively, agreement being about six times greater than opposition. The model secured statistical significance and various findings emerged. For example, people living in the Seoul Metropolitan area, people who use electricity for heating, people with a low education level, young people, and high-income people were more receptive of the fuel transition than others. Moreover, several implications arose from the survey in terms of enhancing acceptance.

Shaping Public Opinion on Nuclear Power

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shenjun Xu ◽  
Jing Xu ◽  
Jing Sun ◽  
Li Qiu ◽  
Ru Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Nuclear Power Plants ◽  
Public Support ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
International Perspective ◽  
Public Acceptance ◽  
The Public ◽  
Nuclear Disaster

After the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, the public acceptance of nuclear power has dwindled to historical low. Governments were forced to cancel and postpone new projects or even shut down reactors in operation due to an increased anti-nuclear sentiment. This paper aims to provide an international perspective of how various factors can affect public opinion of nuclear power. In this paper, we rebut the previous-held argument that nuclear education is conducive to the public support of nuclear power. It is found that the relationship between educational efforts and public support is captured by a downward-sloping line. The paper then assesses the effect on the public acceptance of demographics, socioeconomic status, political environment and risk orientation using correlation coefficients table. The largest public concern comes from the insecurity of nuclear power plants and radioactive materials. The health of an economy also plays a major role in determining people’s attitude toward building new nuclear power plants. The paper also suggests some solutions for each category of countries based on the research analysis.

Improving the Public Acceptance of WTE: Session 8

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter A. Napoli ◽  
Lindsey Sampson ◽  
Robin Davidov ◽  
Bettina Kamuk
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Waste To Energy ◽  
Public Acceptance ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Consumption ◽  
Energy Plant ◽  
Consumption Demand

This topic is important because of the growing need for us to produce and supply low cost energy for public consumption. Demand has increased exponentially, and in order to reduce dependence on foreign oil, coal, and natural gas we need to utilize waste to its full potential. Three major waste to energy plant expansions are happening now at Olmstead WTE, Minnesota and at Lee and Hillsborough Counties, in Florida. New “Greenfield” construction is planned at Harford, Carroll, and Fredrick Counties, in Maryland.

Communicating about Nuclear Energy and Climate Change

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shirley S. Ho
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
General Public ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Public Perception ◽  
Nuclear Energy ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Public Acceptance ◽  
Media Images ◽  
The Public

In comparison to fossil fuels that emit greenhouse gases, nuclear power plants are a cleaner energy source that could help to mitigate the problems of climate change. Despite this, the general public often associates nuclear energy with risks that include nuclear accidents, nuclear waste contamination, nuclear weapons proliferation, and many others. People’s experience with the 1979 Three Mile Island incident in Pennsylvania and the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine have caused a sharp decline in public support for nuclear energy over the past few decades. In addition, media images of the 2011 Fukushima-Daichii nuclear accident are still fresh in the minds of the public. These now iconic media images and portrayals have perpetuated a perception of nuclear energy as a risky technology. Against these backdrops, scientists, communication practitioners and other key stakeholders increasingly face an uphill struggle to communicate about nuclear energy as a possible strategy for addressing climate change. Though the general public may reluctantly accept nuclear energy for climate change mitigation, research suggests that messages emphasizing the benefits of nuclear power for energy security and economic growth appear to have greater impact on public acceptance of the technology. Furthermore, public perception of nuclear energy is shaped by a host of other factors such as trust in nuclear governing institutions, knowledge, political inclinations, geographical proximity, and socio-demographic variables. At the same time, nuclear experts and the general public differ in their perceptions of risk, in nature and strength, relative to nuclear energy. Understanding these key differences between the experts and the public, and how beliefs, values, and perceptions influence public acceptance of nuclear energy is necessary to formulate effective public communication and engagement strategies.

The Influences of Significant Nuclear Events on Public Attitude and Acceptance

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mingye Liu
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Public Attitude ◽  
Nuclear Industry ◽  
Public Acceptance ◽  
Common People ◽  
The Public ◽  
Catastrophic Failures ◽  
Nuclear Events ◽  
Related Science

In this paper, the influence of significant nuclear events on public attitude, and the reaction, i.e., public attitude on the development of nuclear industry have been studied. Though it has been widely known that nuclear is a type of clean, green and effective source of energy, due to the characteristics of nuclear, for most common people, they seldom pay attention to the nuclear power plants (NPPs) or the entire nuclear industry except NPPs are built near the residence of their own, or when some catastrophic failures occur. This fact leads to that when the public’s attention is attracted to nuclear, the effects on their attitude to nuclear are often negative. Even if there is positive news about nuclear, in most cases, the public will still be worried and prudent. That is one of the reasons why though the nuclear power related techniques has been developing rapidly, in some countries the usage of nuclear power is still quite limited. In order to carry the development of nuclear power forward, to improve the public acceptance is as important as to improve nuclear related science and technology. This paper focuses on how the significant events related to nuclear influence the public acceptance, which will have direct or indirect effects on the development and/or policy of nuclear industry in a country, even the whole world. Additionally, this paper discusses possible and proper solutions to improve the public acceptance to NPPs and nuclear related techniques.

scholarly journals Public Preference for Increasing Natural Gas Generation for Reducing CO2 Emissions in South Korea

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 2636
Author(s):  
Seong-Jae Seo ◽  
Ju-Hee Kim ◽  
Seung-Hoon Yoo
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Co2 Emissions ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Interval Data ◽  
Gas Generation ◽  
Public Preferences ◽  
Average Value ◽  
South Korean ◽  
The Government ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Co2

To meet international efforts to prevent climate change, the South Korean government is seeking to transform its main power source from coal to natural gas (NG), which emits less carbon dioxide (CO2) than coal. The government needs information about public preferences for increasing NG-fired generation. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to provide the government with this information by gathering the data on public preferences for increasing NG-fired generation for reducing CO2 emissions, analyzing these data, and obtaining the implications from the analysis. To this end, a survey of 1000 people, after explaining the merits and demerits of NG-fired power, were asked to determine the proper ratio of NG-fired generation by choosing one of six examples: lower than 10%, 10%–20%, 20%–30%, 30%–40%, 40%–50%, and higher than 50%. An interval data model was employed to deal with the data. The average value of the ratio was estimated to be 26.7% with statistical significance, which is greater than the actual value of 22.2% from 2017. Finally, whether and how much some variables such as education level, age, gender, and income level of the respondent affected their preferences for NG-fired generation were investigated.

scholarly journals Transparency in public sector institutions in Saudi Arabia: الشفافية في مؤسسات القطاع العام بالمملكة العربية السعودية

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nasser bin Mohammed Al - Fawzan - Nada Bint Falah bin Qad al
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Public Organizations ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Effective Factors ◽  
The Public ◽  
Riyadh City ◽  
Educational Standard ◽  
Routine Work ◽  
Important Means ◽  
Level Variable

This study aimed to know the level of transparency in public organizations and the factors affecting the application of transparency, and attempting to reach the most important means and suggested mechanisms to develop and raise the level of transparency. To achieve the aim of this study the opinions of (managers – agents- heads of sections – supervisors) were reviewed where the choice was randomly made for (11) government ministries out of (22) government ministries in Riyadh to represent the public organizations> (356) employees were surveyed in these ministries with a response rate of about (71%). The study concluded that the level of administrative transparency application in the organizations that are investigated was moderate in general; where clarity represents the maximum available of transparency's dimensions, while participation in decision making represents the least available of the transparency's dimensions. The study also showed that there are factors that affect transparency's application. The command & training appeared to be the most effective factors in transparency's application where it appeared that the weak ability of leaders to determine the priorities of the goals required to be achieved, and the arrival of unqualified administrative leaderships to high posts in the organizations affect in transparency's application. Also the study concluded that the least effective factors on transparency's application are represented in low interest in technology, routine work, and complexity in procedures. The study also concluded that the most important methods and mechanisms to develop and raise the level of transparency's application in administration according to the opinion of those investigated are represented in the following: The development of a system to fight corruption, granting transparency prize to honor those who are distinguished, provision of a data base inside the organization, care for computer at work, and explaining the importance of transparency for employees. The study also showed the availability of an impact of statistical significance of the educational level variable on the opinion of employees regarding transparency's level in administration in government bodies in Riyadh city, where employees who are of high educational standard are of the opinion that transparency is practiced in government bodies more than those of low educational standard. This study concluded in several recommendations for boosting

Newspaper Coverage of Nuclear Power in China, From a Public Acceptance Perspective

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chao Fang ◽  
Yanran Yang
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Basic Knowledge ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Public Acceptance ◽  
Fukushima Accident ◽  
The Public ◽  
Negative Impression ◽  
Further Development

Environmental problems, especially air pollution and the global warming problems, have promoted the development of nuclear power in China. However, due to the severe consequences and the negative impression of Fukushima accident, the public acceptance remains a big obstacle for the further development of nuclear power. Besides, the protests against nuclear fuel factory and nuclear power plants in China also indicate the low public acceptance towards nuclear power. This issue has attracted a lot of academic attentions and researches to identify different factors that influence nuclear public acceptance. However, few researches have questioned the primary sources that reflect these different factors. This paper will first briefly analyze the progress of public acceptance study and introduces a recent framework of public acceptance in China, which consists of trust, knowledge, benefits (economical and environmental benefits) and risks. Newspaper reports on nuclear power (from 2013 to 20th Nov of 2015) from three Chinese newspaper offices are selected to do content analysis. They are used to analyze the construction of such factors in the newspaper articles. This paper concludes with the finding that the coverage of economical benefits and environmental benefits are rather low and should be attached more importance. Newspaper reports should also include more basic knowledge of nuclear power to let the public better understand nuclear power. In addition, the increasing emphasis on the national benefits makes it a necessary subject that should be studied further in public acceptance in China.

scholarly journals How and to which extent can the gas sector contribute to a climate-neutral European energy system? A qualitative approach.

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Lebelhuber ◽  
Horst Steinmüller
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Natural Gas ◽  
Group Process ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Public Support ◽  
Energy System ◽  
End Users ◽  
Energy Industry ◽  
Public Acceptance ◽  
Societal Implications

Background: Mitigating climate change requires fundamentally redesigned energy systems where renewable energy sources ultimately replace fossil fuels such as natural gas. In this context, the question how and to which extent the gas sector can contribute to an increasingly climate-neutral future EU energy system is heavily debated among scholars, energy industry experts and policymakers. Methods: We take a two-step approach: We begin with a review of studies from energy industry and academia to discuss potential gas sector contributions from a holistic energy system design point of view; this is followed by a comprehensive discussion of technical potentials, micro-economic conditions and societal implications of renewable gas. We then enrich our findings with the results of an empirical focus group process. Results: The gas sector may not only contribute to balancing volatile renewable energy production but also enable the supply of renewable energy to end-users in gaseous form; based on existing infrastructure. This could reduce costs for society, increase public acceptance and ultimately speed up the energy system transformation. There is the technical potential to substitute major parts of natural gas with renewable gas of biogenic and synthetic nature. While this will require public support, we observe this requirement in a comparable magnitude also for renewable electricity. Conclusion: Given the societal benefits and the competitiveness of renewable gas as compared to renewable alternatives, energy policymakers should incorporate renewable gas and the existing gas infrastructure in the overall energy system framework. The objective should be an optimized interplay of various energy vectors and its infrastructure along the entire energy supply chain. This requires a level playing field for different renewable technologies throughout different policy areas and a form of public support that strikes the balance between facilitating the gradual substitution of natural gas by renewable gas while maintaining public acceptance for this transformation despite realistically higher costs for end-users.

Finding Fault with the Nexus Pipeline? Agency Capture and the Public Good

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Andrew R. Kear
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Public Good ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Environmental Impact Statement ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
The Public ◽  
Fracturing Process ◽  
Natural Gas Industry ◽  
Regulatory Commission

Natural gas is an increasingly vital U.S. energy source that is presently being tapped and transported across state and international boundaries. Controversy engulfs natural gas, from the hydraulic fracturing process used to liberate it from massive, gas-laden Appalachian shale deposits, to the permitting and construction of new interstate pipelines bringing it to markets. This case explores the controversy flowing from the proposed 256-mile-long interstate Nexus pipeline transecting northern Ohio, southeastern Michigan and terminating at the Dawn Hub in Ontario, Canada. As the lead agency regulating and permitting interstate pipelines, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is also tasked with mitigating environmental risks through the 1969 National Environmental Policy Act's Environmental Impact Statement process. Pipeline opponents assert that a captured federal agency ignores public and scientific input, inadequately addresses public health and safety risks, preempts local control, and wields eminent domain powers at the expense of landowners, cities, and everyone in the pipeline path. Proponents counter that pipelines are the safest means of transporting domestically abundant, cleaner burning, affordable gas to markets that will boost local and regional economies and serve the public good. Debates over what constitutes the public good are only one set in a long list of contentious issues including pipeline safety, proposed routes, property rights, public voice, and questions over the scientific and democratic validity of the Environmental Impact Statement process. The Nexus pipeline provides a sobering example that simple energy policy solutions and compromise are elusive—effectively fueling greater conflict as the natural gas industry booms.

Effect of Chemical Hythane Composition on Pressure in Combustion Chamber of Engine

2019 ◽  
pp. 36-42
Author(s):  
A. P. Shaikin ◽  
I. R. Galiev
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Combustion Chamber ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Engine Speed ◽  
Combustion Engine ◽  
Fuel Mixture ◽  
Maximum Pressure ◽  
Chamber Volume ◽  
Excess Air ◽  
Scientific Papers

The article analyzes the influence of chemical composition of hythane (a mixture of natural gas with hydrogen) on pressure in an engine combustion chamber. A review of the literature has showed the relevance of using hythane in transport energy industry, and also revealed a number of scientific papers devoted to studying the effect of hythane on environmental and traction-dynamic characteristics of the engine. We have studied a single-cylinder spark-ignited internal combustion engine. In the experiments, the varying factors are: engine speed (600 and 900 min-1), excess air ratio and hydrogen concentration in natural gas which are 29, 47 and 58% (volume).The article shows that at idling engine speed maximum pressure in combustion chamber depends on excess air ratio and proportion hydrogen in the air-fuel mixture – the poorer air-fuel mixture and greater addition of hydrogen is, the more intense pressure increases. The positive effect of hydrogen on pressure is explained by the fact that addition of hydrogen contributes to increase in heat of combustion fuel and rate propagation of the flame. As a result, during combustion, more heat is released, and the fuel itself burns in a smaller volume. Thus, the addition of hydrogen can ensure stable combustion of a lean air-fuel mixture without loss of engine power. Moreover, the article shows that, despite the change in engine speed, addition of hydrogen, excess air ratio, type of fuel (natural gas and gasoline), there is a power-law dependence of the maximum pressure in engine cylinder on combustion chamber volume. Processing and analysis of the results of the foreign and domestic researchers have showed that patterns we discovered are applicable to engines of different designs, operating at different speeds and using different hydrocarbon fuels. The results research presented allow us to reduce the time and material costs when creating new power plants using hythane and meeting modern requirements for power, economy and toxicity.

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