State-of-the-Art Renewable Energy in Korea

Dear Colleagues,

South Korea was the world’s ninth-largest energy consuming country in 2015 and heavily depends on imports for its fossil fuel (liquefied natural gas, coal, and crude oil) usage. Because of recent public awareness regarding the polluted air issue, which produces huge external costs related to public health, pressure to reduce its dependency on fossil fuels is increasing. Also, the Fukushima nuclear disaster made the government support the nuclear phase-out policy. Thus, more developments of various renewable energies (PV, wind, geothermal, hydro, biomass, fuel cell, etc.) are currently required, and this effort also helped the country’s pledge at the 2015 Paris Climate Conference to cut its carbon dioxide emission by 37% below the business-as-usual (BAU) level by 2030.

The objective of this Special Issue is to gather all of the state-of-the-art research and practical applications of various renewable energies held in South Korea. We expect keen interest from peer researchers and practical engineers in this field.

Prof. Dr. Zong Woo Geem
Prof. Dr. Junhee Hong
Dr. Woohyun Hwang
Guest Editors

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