Korea relies on imported fossil fuels to meet its energy consumption demands. As such, there is a need to investigate alternative energy resources such as renewable energy. In this paper, assessments of the potential of various ocean renewable energy resources in the sea around Korea; potential...

This study aimed to assess the potential of offshore wind power generation at Younggwang in Korea which is candidate site of the offshore wind farm planned to be constructed till 2019. Toward this purpose, offshore meteorological tower called HEMOSU-1 was installed and has collected the wind and...

A wave resource assessment is presented for the region around the Korean peninsula. Offshore wave power was obtained from significant wave heights and peak periods, and wave directions hindcast for the period of 1979–2003. The spatial distributions for the seasonal and annual averaged wave...

Korean Abstract: 에너지를 둘러싼 글로벌 시장환경의 특징은 수급 불균형으로 인한 고유가 현상, 지구온난화 위기 고조, 지속적인 에너지 산업구조개편 진행 등으로 설명할 수 있다. 이러한 에너지 환경변화는 국내 에너지...