Track 3: Policy and Business Strategy
Director of Track 3 Policy and Business Strategy: Marc W. Melaina
Research Overview
The adoption of hydrogen as a transportation fuel is contingent on certain technological, economic and market requirements being met. The characteristics and magnitude of the transformations involved guarantees that policy activity will play a central role in this process, and that technological, economic, and policy actions will be closely coupled. In particular, political realities and policy measures can impact on hydrogen-related business strategies, which in turn can impact on policy steps. The transition to hydrogen will be affected by factors such as the policy preferences and political/business strategies of key stakeholders, the specific policy measures and goals that are eventually adopted and the characteristics and structure of the implementation process. The Policy and Business Strategy Track focuses on the study of these factors and how they are likely to affect the adoption of hydrogen as a transportation fuel.
Project 1: A Study of the Policy Process Project
The overarching goal of this study is to understand and facilitate the dynamics of policy change relating to hydrogen as an energy carrier. To pursue this goal, we will follow three interrelated research venues: study of policy dynamics, improve policy theory, and create a policy resource center for parties interested in hydrogen policy.
Research Faculty: Paul A. Sabatier, Joan Ogden, Daniel Sperling
Graduate Student Researcher: Gustavo Collantes
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Project 2: Climate Change Policy Project
This project will focus on the analysis of various potential instruments of climate change policy and the potential impact that each may have on a hydrogen transition.
Research Faculty: Marc W. Melaina, Daniel Sperling
Graduate Student Researcher: Jonathan Hughes
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Project 3: Business Strategy Project
This project focuses on the types of regulations and institutional arrangements that can effectively support partnerships between business stakeholders, government agencies, and non-government organizations.
Research Faculty: Marc W. Melaina
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Project 4: Renewable Policy Project
Policy and Business Strategy Track researchers are developing an understanding of the role of the policy process on the potential transition to a hydrogen based transportation system. The track contains a number of projects focused on: the policy process surrounding hydrogen; evaluation of policy alternatives and their likely implications for the transition; and the development of business strategies for a hydrogen economy. Researchers are employing a variety of tools to assess these complex issues including policy development frameworks, microeconomic theory and modeling.
Research Faculty: Timothy E. Lipman
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Project 5: Merchant Hydrogen Project
This project will look into the major motivators and players in the current refining and hydrogen industries, main policy and economic factors for hydrogen demand growth and already existing hydrogen production and distribution infrastructure.
Research Faculty: Joan Ogden
Graduate Student Researcher: Stephenie B. Ritchey
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Project 6: History of Gasoline Infrastructure Innovations
The goal of the study is to improve our understanding of technology innovations that occurred during the early phases of energy infrastructure developments, particularly electricity, natural gas (or town gas) and petroleum/gasoline infrastructures. The study extends previous research on early gasoline station innovations.
Research Faculty: Marc W. Melaina
Graduate Student Researcher: Nico Bouwkamp
Funding: Hydrogen Pathways Program
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