Assessment of Photovoltaic Potentials at Buguk,  Sungsan and Younggwang Abandoned Mines in Jeollanam-do,  Korea

Youngmin Choi; Yosoon Choi; Jangwon Suh; Hyeong-Dong Park; Mihyang Jang; Wa-Ra Go

doi:10.12972/ksmer.2013.50.6.827

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Assessment of Photovoltaic Potentials at Buguk, Sungsan and Younggwang Abandoned Mines in Jeollanam-do, Korea 전라남도 부국, 성산, 영광 폐광산의 태양광 발전 잠재성 평가

31 December 2013. pp. 827-837

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Abstract

This paper assessed photovoltaic potentials at the Buguk, Sungsan and Younggwang abandoned mines in Jeollanam-do, Korea. To decide suitable areas for installing photovoltaic power (PV) systems, digital elevation models were used for analyzing terrain and shading effects. The estimated power productions and economic effects were analyzed using the solar radiation map and RETScreen software. The Buguk abandoned mine has the highest photovoltaic potential where the estimated power production is about 436 MWh/year, and equity payback is 9.1 years. Annual solar radiations at the Sungsan and Younggwang abandoned mines are almost same, however the photovoltaic potential at the Sungsan mine is higher than the one at the Younggwang mine since the Sungsan mine has larger area suitable for installing PV systems.

Keywords

Photovoltaics

Abandoned mine

Promotion policy

Geographic information systems

RETScreen

본 연구에서는 전라남도 부국, 성산, 영광 폐광산에 대한 태양광 발전 잠재성 평가를 수행하였다. 태양광 발전 시스템 설치가 적합한 부지의 면적을 결정하기 위하여 수치지형모델을 이용한 지형분석과 그림자 분석을 수행하였다. 또한, 전라남도 일사량 자료와 RETScreen 소프트웨어를 이용하여 태양광 발전 시스템으로부터 기대할 수 있는 전력 생산량과 경제적 효과를 분석하였다. 그 결과 부국 폐광산이 연간 약 436 MWh의 전력을 생산할 수 있으며, 자기자본회수 기간이 9.1년으로서 가장 높은 잠재성을 보이는 것으로 분석되었다. 성산 폐광산과 영광 폐광산은 일사량 조건은 비슷하지만, 태양광 발전 시스템 설치가 용이한 면적의 크기가 달라서 성산 폐광산이 상대적으로 더 큰 태양광 발전 잠재성을 가지는 것으로 분석되었다.

키워드

태양광 발전

폐광산

진흥정책

지리정보시스템

RETScreen

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Publisher :The Korean Society of Mineral and Energy Resources Engineers
Publisher(Ko) :한국자원공학회
Journal Title :Journal of the Korean Society of Mineral and Energy Resources Engineers
Journal Title(Ko) :한국자원공학회지
Volume : 50
No :6
Pages :827-837
Received Date : 2013-08-22
Revised Date : 2013-12-03
Accepted Date : 2013-12-12
DOI :https://doi.org/10.12972/ksmer.2013.50.6.827

Journal of the Korean Society of Mineral and Energy Resources Engineers ISSN:2288-0291(Print) 2288-2790(Online) 한국자원공학회지

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