Willingness to pay for green electricity in Korea: A contingent valuation study |
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Authors: | Seung-Hoon Yoo So-Yoon Kwak |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of International Area Studies, Hoseo University, 268 Anseo-Dong, Cheonan, Chungnam 330-713, Republic of Korea;2. Department of Economics, Korea University, Anam-Dong, Sungbuk-Gu, Seoul 136-701, Republic of Korea |
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Abstract: | Green electricity is energy that is generated from renewable energy sources such as solar power, wind power, small-scale hydroelectric power, tidal power, and biomass power. These sources mostly do not produce pollutants and are considered environmentally friendly. However, considering the current state of technology, they are more costly. Government should take visible actions to compensate for the increased production costs. This paper attempts to apply a contingent valuation (CV) method to obtain at least a preliminary evaluation of the benefits that ensue from the introduction of the policy that raises the percentage of green electricity consumption from 0.2% of the total electricity supply to 7% by 2011. Overall, the CV survey was successful in eliciting the willingness to pay (WTP) for green electricity considering that the CV method operated within respondents’ abilities to answer and the WTP estimates were statistically significant. The monthly mean WTP estimates from parametric and non-parametric methods were KRW 1681 (USD 1.8) and KRW 2072 (USD 2.2), respectively. The estimates of the annual benefits to relevant residents amounted to KRW 150.5 billion (USD 157.5 million) and KRW 185.6 billion (USD 194.2 million), respectively. |
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Keywords: | Contingent valuation Green electricity Willingness to pay |
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