Policy synergy or conflict for renewable energy support: Case of RPS and auction in South Korea

Tae-hyeong Kwon

Energy Policy, 2018, vol. 123, issue C, 443-449

Abstract: Governments provide various incentives for the production of electricity from renewable energy sources (RES-E). South Korea has promoted the use of such electricity through various programmes, such as Feed-in Tariff from 2002 to 2011, and Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) since 2012. The RPS appears to have been particularly effective in stimulating the use of RES-E. However, there remain several issues regarding the current RPS’ policy design. This study examines South Korea's RPS by focusing on two issues. The first issue is the regulation of technology competition under the RPS; and the second issue is risk mitigation, which is generally known as a weakness of the RPS policy.

Keywords: Renewable energy; Renewable Portfolio Standard; Feed-in Tariff; Auctions; Policy mix (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2018.09.016

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