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S. Korea's Approach Strategy through Policy Analysis of Major Countries to Promote the Use of Forest Biomass as Renewable Energy

재생에너지로서 산림바이오매스 활용 촉진을 위한 주요국의 정책분석을 통한 한국의 접근전략

  • Lee, Seung-Rok (Graduate School of Energy and Environment (KU-KIST Green School), Korea University) ;
  • Park, Sehun (Department of Legislative Research, Korea Legislation Research Institute) ;
  • Koh, Moon-Hyun (College of Law, Soongsil University) ;
  • Han, Gyu-Seong (Department of Wood and Paper Science, College of Agriculture, Life & Environments Sciences, Chungbuk National University)
  • Received : 2022.05.30
  • Accepted : 2022.07.18
  • Published : 2022.09.25
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Abstract

Forest biomass energy is based on scientific evidence in response to carbon neutrality and the climate crisis, international consensus, and environmental-geographic characteristics of each nation. In this study, the authors aimed to analyze macroscopic forest biomass energy policies for ten major countries. They categorized them into six detailed categories (Sustainable utilization, Cascading Uutilization, Replacement of fossil fuel/Carbon intensive products, Utilization of forest by-products/residues as the source of energy, Contribution to carbon-neutral/climate change, and Biomass combined with CCS/CCUS ). In addition, the surveyed nations have developed a policy consensus on the active use of forest biomass with sustainable forest management except for the cascading utilization category. Furthermore, the authors evaluated the mid to long-term plans of the Korean government for improvements in the policy and legal aspects. As a result, the authors derived four major directions that South Korea should approach strategically in the future (1) secure financial resources for sustainable forest management and stimulating investment in the timber industry, (2) promote unified policies to establish a bio-economy, (3) enhancement of the forest biomass energy system, and (4) reorganization and promotion of strategy centered on the opinions of field experts in internal and external instability.

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본 연구는 2021년도 산림청 정책연구 '산림바이오매스 활성화 세부 실시계획 수립을 위한 연구'와, 산림청(한국임업진흥원) 산림과학기술 연구개발사업 '(2021353D10-2223-AC03)'의 지원에 의하여 이루어진 것입니다.

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