Soft energy path is the transition from a centralized mega-power oriented hard energy path towards a decentralized soft technology path of renewable energy system and improved energy efficiency.
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A Regional Energy Planning Approach: An Integrated Framework and Its Application to Jeju Island's Renewable Roadmap
Wei-Ming Chen (National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan), Young-Doo Wang (University of Delaware, USA), Jong Chul Huh (Jeju National University, South Korea), and Youn Cheol Park (Jeju National University, South Korea)
Copyright: © 2015
|Pages: 27
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8433-1.ch009
Abstract
Augmenting recent coverage of the topic of regional energy planning, this chapter introduces an Integrated Regional Energy Policy and Planning Framework (IREPP), which is conceptually comprehensive and also enhances feasibility of implementation. This framework contains important concepts of sustainable energy planning, including integrated resource planning, soft energy path, distributed generation using decentralized energy technologies, and energy-environment-economy-equity balance (E4). The IREPP also includes implementation feasibility analysis and highlights the importance of monitoring and evaluation. In the second part of this chapter, the IREPP is applied to the case of Jeju. Jeju's “Mid- and Long-Term Roadmap of Renewable Energy Planning” intends to promote renewable energy applications in order to build a carbon free energy system. This chapter evaluates Jeju's overall Roadmap via the lens of IREPP, assesses the rationale and feasibility of achieving its individual renewable target set for 2050, and, additionally, reviews progress made in some individual targets as of 2014.