Public perception of geothermal power plants in Korea following the Pohang earthquake: A social representation theory study

Im, Dong-Hyeon; Chung, Ji‐Bum; Kim, Eun Sung; Moon, Ji-Won

doi:10.1177/09636625211012551

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“…The answers in the Amiata municipalities were not uniform in geographical terms: a more worrying environmental situation was declared by the residents in Abbadia San Salvatore and Arcidosso. In future analyses, more in-depth evidence should be gathered to understand these differences, which could be attributed to the more intense exposure to information and protests against existing plants in the past, and the experience of disturbances, such as odours or water pollution attributed to geothermal plants [ 1 , 12 , 37 ].…”

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Community Concern about the Health Effects of Pollutants: Risk Perception in an Italian Geothermal Area

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Geothermal fluids for electricity and heat production have long been exploited in the Mt. Amiata area (Tuscany, Italy). Public concern about the health impact of geothermal plants has been present from the outset. Several factors influence the way people perceive risk; therefore, the objective of the present research is to develop indicators of risk perception and assess indices differences in relation to some questionnaire variables. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in the Amiata area on 2029 subjects aged 18–77. From the questionnaire section about risk perception from environmental hazards, four indicators were developed and analysed. A total of 64% of the subjects considered the environmental situation to be acceptable or excellent, 32% serious but reversible, and 4% serious and irreversible; as the values of the various perception indicators increased, an upward trend was observed in the averages. Risk perception was higher among women and young people, and was associated with higher education. Those who smelled bad odours in their surroundings reported higher risk perception. Furthermore, risk perception was higher in four municipalities. The results represent the basis for further investigations to analyse the link among risk perception indicators, exposure parameters, and health status.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Community Concern about the Health Effects of Pollutants: Risk Perception in an Italian Geothermal Area

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“…Fluid injection into enhanced geothermal systems reservoirs can reactivate subsurface faults and trigger earthquakes (Niu et al, 2021). In the same way, Ree et al (2021) and Im et al (2021) explored the inhabitants of Pohang, Korea, perspective on geothermal power plant installations, in the aftermath of the 2017 Pohang earthquake. The study adopted social representation theory using the mixed method approach which covers both quantitative and qualitative research studies.…”

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“…Looking at it from another angle, it is pertinent to look into the social problems relating to geothermal as well. Geothermal energy production could trigger social problems such as ownership crises over land, people could get displaced of their belongings, the right of the indigenous people could be infringed upon, the flow of traffic could be disrupted, damage to road networks, noise, and odor population, poor population density, etc., nonproper consultations and dialogue among stakeholders over employment and economic benefits could as well constitute a problem (Im et al, 2021;Greiner et al, 2021).…”

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Rethinking the governance of geothermal power industry: The roadmap for sustainable development

Alsaleh

Abdul‐Rahim

2023

Energy Exploration & Exploitation

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The European geothermal heating market, at one time dominated by only a handful of countries, is set to experience a purple patch in the coming years as governments scramble to find an affordable alternative to expensive gas-fired heating. The primary focus of this study will be to investigate what effect will worldwide governance factors and economic growth on the geothermal energy output among the 27 European Countries from the time being 1996 to 2021. Using the autoregressive distributed lag, the findings shows that a significant increase in the geothermal energy industry sustainability can occur in European Union 14 (EU14) emerged economies using worldwide governance factors than in EU13 emerging economies. Among additional factors, instability in the political realm, regulatory issues in the area of quality, accountability, and voice-related issues, and the ability to curb corrupt practices contribute more positively to geothermal energy sustainability in EU14 emerged economies than in European Union 13 (EU13) emerging economies. On the other hand, government effectiveness contributes more positively to geothermal energy sustainability in EU13 emerging economies than in EU14 emerged economies. The finding implies that geothermal power sustainability in EU region countries can be significantly increased by mounting the level of worldwide governance determinants to achieve Energy Union aims by 2030. This will finally be spread to combat climate change and environmental pollution. All observations on projected calculations are valid. The confirmation was achieved with the aid of the three estimators used in the study which are the pooled mean group estimator, the mean group estimator, and the third one was dynamic fixed effect approach. This study recommended that these European countries need to put more effort in terms of being effective in worldwide governance indicators which will help in goal attainment at the societal and environmental levels. Those in charge of making laws in the European countries should get more engaged in worldwide governance scopes as this will assist in facilitating the security and sustainability of geothermal energy generation. Those in charge of making policies in the EU countries should as well lay more emphasis on the strategies that could be cointegrated and as well sustainable toward worldwide governance fractionation toward the achievement of the sustainability of geothermal power and this will drastically reduce the need or dependence on fossil fuel and emissions coming from carbon dioxide in the future time.

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“…Under the governance regulation, many studies such as Britta et al (2020); Garcia-Gil et al (2020a); Garcia-Gil et al (2020b) developed integrated national energy and climate plans to cover the dimensions of the Energy Union related to decarburization, energy security, energy efficiency, internal energy market, research, innovation, and competitiveness. For example, Im et al (2021) investigated how the residents of Korea perceived geothermal power plants after the 2017 Pohang earthquake by applying the social representation theory, suggesting that Pohang residents had a significantly negative opinion of geothermal power plants regardless of safety, climate change mitigation, and economic factors. Likewise, Koon et al (2021) searched the resource and policy-driven assessment of the geothermal energy potential across the islands of St Vincent and the Grenadines, indicating that several policy approaches which include encouraging private and public sectors collaborations, level of certainty in the information provided, processing that involves regulations, and the institutions should become strengthened, these are some of the means of enhancing geothermal power sustainability and using the available resources on the island to promote sustainable development.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Other social problems include noise and odor pollution, disruption of the free flow of traffic, poor dialogue at the stakeholders' level, and disagreement over employment opportunities and economic returns. (Im et al, 2021 andGreiner et al, 2021).…”

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The impacts of intellectual capital, market size, and intellectual property factors in geothermal power exploration

Alsaleh,

Abdul-Rahim

2024

Energy Exploration & Exploitation

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There are many advantages of geothermal energy, as an environmentally friendly resource; however, for these benefits of geothermal power to be fully maximized, there are some problems that need to be addressed. The primary objective of this research was to examine the influence of intellectual property (IP) rights and economic growth on the geothermal energy output among the 27 European countries within the time frame 1990 to 2021. This study adopts auto-regressive distributed lag (ARDL). The findings show that a significant increase in the geothermal energy industry sustainability can occur in EU14 emerged economies using IP rights than in EU13 emerging economies. The major contributions of the research are that among additional factors, intellectual capital, market size, intuitional quality, and economic growth contribute more positively to geothermal energy sustainability in EU14 emerged economies than in EU13 emerging economies. Results from the analysis show geothermal power sustainability among the 27 European countries could be boosted significantly by adequately putting in place the determining factors of IP as this will foster the attainment of aims behind the energy union by the year 2030. This will no doubt be of help in curbing climate change and environmental pollution in society. The projected calculations were validated through the three estimators adopted for this study, that is, the pooled mean group, mean group, and dynamic fixed effect. The policy implication pointed out by this study the European nations in this study need to make IP indicators to be more effective as this helps in achieving societal and environmental goals. Moreover, the authorities in charge of lawmaking in European countries should focus more on IP areas to ensure the sustainability of geothermal energy generation. Also, authorities in charge of policymaking in the European nations should foster commixture strategies that are sustainable in enhancing IP breakdown as this will assist in fostering geothermal power exploration, thereby reducing the need for fossil fuels which will also carbon dioxide emission in the years to come.

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Public perception of geothermal power plants in Korea following the Pohang earthquake: A social representation theory study

Cited by 16 publications

References 41 publications

Community Concern about the Health Effects of Pollutants: Risk Perception in an Italian Geothermal Area

Community Concern about the Health Effects of Pollutants: Risk Perception in an Italian Geothermal Area

Rethinking the governance of geothermal power industry: The roadmap for sustainable development

The impacts of intellectual capital, market size, and intellectual property factors in geothermal power exploration

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