Alberta Blue Hydrogen
During my last semester at SAIS, technically, I was working for two different governments. On the one hand, I had an internship at the International Trade Administration - a U.S. government. On the other hand, I consulted Alberta's Department of Energy - a Canadian government. It was a changeling work not only because me and most students had to acquire knowledge in a hydrogen field which is beyond our traditional training in politics, economics, and languages. Also, for the first half of the semester our client was vague about what exactly they want us to do for them. We had to come up with a set of research questions and coordinate additional client meetings to finally set goals and start working.
PPT credit: Ming Sun, Laura Ma, Suzie Zhang, Yaniv Cohen, Franz Osilia Rancontes, Brandon Patrick, Xiang Li, Kyle Ropp, Volodymyr Nesplyak, Jin Sun, Megan Rutkai, Harrison Weinberg
In the end, we managed to provide a comprehensive overview of the hydrogen industry in the world and in Alberta as well as actionable policy suggestions that would set Alberta on a track to hydrogen-fueled economy. Our class was subdivided in three teams: Value Chains group (which I was part of), Risk & Uncertainties, and Needs & Gaps. Our greatest challenge was to overcome the lack of communication between the three teams, something that I tried to help to overcome, which was essential in bringing together a single report and a single set of PowerPoint slides. On the right and above, you can see the final report presentation to the client and a transportation section slides presented to the class. Finally, below is the written report I authored about transporting hydrogen.
PPT credit: Jin Sun