| Title | New and Renewable Energy Deployment Programs and Statistics of Korea |
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| Authors | Kil Nam Paek |
| Year | 2018 |
| Conference | Asian Geothermal Symposium |
| Keywords | NRE, TPES, NREC, KEA, subsidy program |
| Abstract | New and Renewable Energy(NRE) of Korea took 5.18 %(preliminary) of total primary energy supply(TPES) in 2017. The NRE portion of the TPES is continuously increased with the help of the government's deployment program. New and Renewable Energy Center(NREC) of Korea Energy Agency(KEA) is an organization responsible for deployment of new and renewable energy in Korea. NREC has operated various scheme for subsidy programs. About 14 thousands geothermal households were deployed by the end of 2017. More than 4 thousands private buildings with geothermal system were subsidized. In case of the public buildings more than 1 GW capacity of the geothermal systems were deployed by the end of 2017. |