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An Evaluation of the National Competitiveness of Hydrogen Energy

AHP를 이용한 수소에너지의 국가경쟁력 평가

  • Gim, Bong-Jin (Dankook University, Department of Industrial Engineering) ;
  • Kim, Jong-Wook (Korea Institute of Energy Research, R&D Policy Research Dept.) ;
  • Choi, Sang-Jin (Korea Institute of Energy Research, R&D Policy Research Dept.) ;
  • Kang, Seok-Hun (Korea Institute of Energy Research, R&D Policy Research Dept.) ;
  • Kang, Kwng-Seok (Siontech, Chungnam National University)
  • 김봉진 (단국대학교 산업공학과) ;
  • 김종욱 (한국에너지기술연구원 정책연구부) ;
  • 최상진 (한국에너지기술연구원 정책연구부) ;
  • 강석훈 (한국에너지기술연구원 정책연구부) ;
  • 강경석 ((주)시온텍)
  • Published : 2006.12.15
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Abstract

This paper deals with the national competitiveness of hydrogen energy. The effectiveness of investments for hydrogen energy R&D and constructions of hydrogen energy infrastructures can be evaluated by the national competitiveness of hydrogen energy, and it is evaluated by an AHP(analytic hierarchy process) method. The evaluation indices of the national competitiveness are selected as the technical level, the number of researchers, the investments for R&D, and the infrastructure of hydrogen energy. Similarly, the technical level is divided into the number of published papers, the number of foreign patents, and the number of published proceeding papers. The evaluation indices of the technical level and the number of researchers were investigated by database searches. It appears that South Korea locates the sixth position in the world. The results of our study suggest that South Korea is relatively competitive in the technical level and the number of researchers. However, our country needs the long-term and well-focused R&D, and the expansion of infrastructures to enhance the national competitiveness of hydrogen energy in the future.

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