청정화력발전을 위한 전력기술실증 지원제도의 개선방안에 관한 연구

Abstract

The clean goal power generation technology is a realistic alternative for handling massive demand of electric power while reducing environmental pollution at the same time. This technology can be commercialized or transferred as it requires the accumulation of track records via the process of demonstrative verification after its successful research and development. Therefore, a verification test is required in the environment like operating power facilities. Accordingly, governmental subsidy is essential for helping the jump-up of clean thermal power generation technology that still fails to reach the phase of commercialization given that a verification test is a significant and essential course for narrowing down the gap between research and commercialization. For this implementation, specific law measures need to be amended. Foreign countries have prepared legislative and administrative solutions for supporting research and verification tests. They also announce specific regulations and implement relevant policies. Thanks to their active supports, these countries already gained top-notch technological powers in the field of clean thermal power generation. Based on these outcomes, they achieved goals beyond the goal they had set by reducing pollutants compared to previous years. The South Korean government should stipulate specific supports in the political system or laws properly designed for the phase of verification by adding solutions on the verification research on Industrial Technology Innovation Promotion Act and Energy Law. These laws should include supporting demonstrative research at power facilities under operation by considering the economic feasibility and efficiency rather than creating a new complex for independent verification research and amendment of relevant acts to enable operators of existing power facilities to join verification tests. First of all, Electricity Enterprises Act should be amended to add new technology or technological innovative outcomes as an exception for test standards before use after installing commercial electrical facilities or completing change construction and further grant flexibility to verification tests. Moreover, demonstrative Air Conservation Act should be amended to loosen legal constraints on the installation and approval of discharge facilities installation of air pollution prevention facilities, and obligation on the observance of emission approval standards only permitted to verification tests. Furthermore, participatory incentives should be granted to operators of power facilities considering the possible economic loss and policy that grants the exemption from responsibilities over compensating financial loss and managerial disadvantages should be stipulated. If existing acts are amended based on these requests, it will bring about active participation from operators of power facilities that will eventually serve as a driving force for the active implementation of verifying electrical power technology regarding clean thermal power generation.