Can Biomass Qualify as Renewable Energy? The state of biomass policy in South Korea

Author: Soojin Kim, Joojin Kim, Solutions For Our Climate

Date: 2020

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Language: English

Type of resource: NGO Report

Topics: Policy

Biomass is jeopardizing Korea’s renewable energy sector and negating global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The rapid growth of biomass energy in Korea has shown a threatening trajectory, yet the root causes of this predicament remains unattended. This report aims to enhance the understanding of biomass power policy, and to analyze major socioeconomic, political and environmental drivers of problems associated with biomass power in South Korea. In this report, Solutions for Our Climate (SFOC) has included key policy recommendations to address the problems associated with biomass.