북한의 에너지난 극복을 위한 남북 협력 가능성 모색- 신재생에너지를 중심으로

Abstract

This study examines the appropriate mechanisms to assist North Korea for its revitalization of electricity sector and to cooperate in power industries between two Koreas. Oil and gas power plants are not appropriate to North Korea because of high fuel costs and requirement of pipeline construction for supplying natural gas to the power plants. On the whole, a new and large power plant would not be a feasible option for increasing electricity supply under the current obsolete power grid system in North Korea. In North Korea, forests are severely damaged, energy facility is aged, energy efficiency is low, and portion of fossil energy is high, where CDM investment potential is very high. The Feasibility on the application of CDM to the electricity cooperation projects between two Koreas is studies. Furthermore energy supporting project is also being promoted by North Korea in terms of policy, and therefore it is expected to satisfy spontaneous requirement too. In the field of North Korea’s new and renewable energy, CDM project potential was analyzed from wind power, solar energy and bioenergy. In the case of new and renewable energy power generation project including wind power, however, it is deemed difficult to promote due to its less economic feasibility in spite of large amount of cost accompanied. In addition, it requires current into alternate current when the electricity is supplied from new and renewable energy. Even apart from economic feasibility, power supply from new and renewable energy power generation constructed in North Korea is probably not produced in efficient manner because of degraded electric power T&D network of North Korea. Accordingly, it is deemed recommendable for new and renewable energy power generation to be carried out as the pilot project in small scale restricted to a specific area in North Korea regardless of its electric power T&D network. In view of a variety of results derived from this study, in order to promote CDM project in North Korea, the most important thing of all for North Korea is to announce highly reliable policy including CDM investment to the external world. In conclusion, it would be necessary South Korea to approach it from the aspect that mid-and long-term development support for North Korea instead of short-term profit would result in win-win relations between South-North.