Title :
Trends of Research and Dissemination for PV Systems in Korea
Author :
Song, Jinsoo ; Kim, Donghwan
Author_Institution :
Korea Inst. of Energy Res., Daejeon
Abstract :
Korea strategically selected PV as one of the major renewable energy technologies and thus rapidly expanded PV program both for R&D and dissemination since 2004. The Korean Government established Korean Photovoltaic Development Organization in 2004 and commissioned it with planning and managing R&D program. The R&D program focuses on manufacturing technologies necessary for reducing the system cost and improving the reliability. Dissemination continued to grow with a strong feed-in tariff program, public building obligatory installation program, and renewable portfolio agreement programs as well as the existing subsidy programs. It is tentatively decided that about 6 MW of PV was installed in 2005, a 140% increase from 2.5 MW in 2004
Keywords :
cost reduction; photovoltaic power systems; power system economics; power system management; power system reliability; research and development management; tariffs; 6 MW; Korean Government; Korean Photovoltaic Development Organization; PV systems; R&D program; dissemination; feed-in tariff program; manufacturing technologies; public building obligatory installation program; renewable energy technologies; renewable portfolio agreement programs; system cost reduction; system reliability; Chemical technology; Costs; Government; Manufacturing; Photovoltaic cells; Photovoltaic systems; Renewable energy resources; Research and development; Semiconductor thin films; Solar power generation;
Conference_Titel :
Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, Conference Record of the 2006 IEEE 4th World Conference on
Conference_Location :
Waikoloa, HI
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0017-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0017-1
DOI :
10.1109/WCPEC.2006.279625
