Korean Energy Economic Review ISSN:1599-7057(Print) 에너지경제연구

Due to the climate change and the short of fossil fuel, renewableenergies are getting important. It is time to focus on the hydropower,one of renewable energy. This study aimed to analyze decision factorsaffecting the public acceptance of hydropower. The characteristics ofthe hydropower were classified into seven factors. It was found thatfour factors were significantly affecting the public acceptance by theordered logit model. The four decision factors were ‘the decrease infuel cost of generation’, ‘the easing of energy dependance’, ‘thedecrease in green-house gases and pollutant’ and ‘the prevention offlood and drought’.