Abstract

Purpose: The number of photovoltaic power generation facilities continued to increase, but the performance was poor due to the difficulty in finding a site for the facility and the low acceptance of the residents. Therefore, this study tried to find the factors that hinder the acceptance of photovoltaic power generation facilities and the measures to increase residents’ acceptance in the residents’ opinions, the core actors of the local community, rather than existing measures such as technologies, systems, and budgets. Method: Data were collected by conducting a questionnaire survey and interviews with residents and stakeholders in Daedeok-gu, Daejeon. The causes and solutions of problems related to residents’ acceptability of the solar power facilities were identified through social network analysis (SNA) that can measure and visualize complex social structures. Result: The residents considered the installation cost and safety as the biggest obstacles to the supply of solar power facilities in the city, and they chose ‘education and briefing’ as the most influential way to overcome the obstacles. Local residents had many proposals to install the photovoltaic power generation facilities in open spaces and idle spaces. To expand the social value and function of the facilities in the local community, it was found that it would be effective to systematically implement a resident-participatory local energy administration by installing a governance organization. It is expected that in the urban planning decision-making process, the results of this study will be actively utilized in establishing the renewable energy supply policies and systematizing related governance.

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