Works archive
All published research from PLANiT — quantitative reports, policy briefs, and technical studies. Every work ships with its data and code.
Feb 2026PetrochemicalsEnergy policy and petrochemical transition: cost is in energy, not constructionMixed-integer optimisation model showing that energy prices—not capex—determine petrochemical decarbonisation costs.→
Feb 2026PetrochemicalsGlobal decarbonisation policies: lessons for Korea's petrochemical industryPolicy lessons from Germany, Japan, and the EU for Korea's petrochemical sector decarbonisation.→
Jan 2026Steel & Heavy IndustrySpeed creates economic value: socioeconomic benefits of Korea's low-carbon steel transitionInput-output analysis showing that faster steel decarbonisation creates more GDP and jobs than delayed transition—reframing the low-carbon transition as an economic opportunity.→
Nov 2025Energy SystemsJeju curtailment: the benefits of lowering minimum generation capacityQuantifying how lowering minimum generation capacity thresholds in Jeju could reduce renewable curtailment by up to 70% and save ₩4.5 billion in fuel costs.→
Oct 2025Renewable Energy·Energy SystemsAgrivoltaic, the baseload for decarbonised distributionSix site typologies across Jeolla and Gyeongsang. How co-locating solar with agriculture supplies distributed baseload while preserving farmland productivity.→
Sep 2025Energy SystemsDemand falls, capacity remains: Korea's LNG terminal stranded asset warningQuantifying the asset risk in Korea's LNG terminal expansion against falling demand projections.→
Aug 2025Shipping & MaritimeIMO Net-Zero Framework: fuel cost and carbon pricingModelling fuel choices and carbon costs under the IMO 2030 mid-term framework.→
Jul 2025Steel & Heavy IndustryGwangyang Blast Furnace #2: extending life, delaying carbon neutralityCost and emissions implications of life-extension vs. early retirement and DRI conversion.→
Jun 2025Energy SystemsBridging East Asia: assessing system costs of an energy islandA reduced-order model comparing interconnection scenarios across KR–JP–CN.→
Jun 2025Shipping & MaritimeIMO mid-term measures: fuel transition strategy and costThree-scenario cost analysis of fuel transition pathways under the IMO Net-Zero Framework mid-term measures.→
May 2025Hydrogen·Steel & Heavy IndustryHydrogen-based steel: green hydrogen procurement strategies for KoreaPathways and procurement structures to localise hydrogen DRI for Korean steelmakers.→
May 2025Semiconductors·Energy SystemsYongin semiconductor cluster: boosting competitiveness with renewablesHow the Yongin semiconductor cluster can meet RE100 targets and strengthen industrial competitiveness through renewable energy procurement.→
Apr 2025Shipping & MaritimeCarbon lock-in: international shipping's decarbonisation delayedQuantitative analysis of fuel transition pathways and how LNG expansion risks structural carbon lock-in in international shipping.→
Sep 2024MethaneKorea's 2030 methane reduction roadmap: enough to limit 1.5°C?Assessment of whether Korea's 30% methane reduction target by 2030 aligns with long-term carbon neutrality and 1.5°C pathways.→