Developing a road map for adoption of sustainable hydrogen: A Delphi study of business and industry

概述：该提案将确定企业在向低碳、可持续的氢经济转型过程中面临的挑战、障碍和机遇。利用混合方法预测方法(德尔福)，该项目将支持学生调查一个部门/行业的从业者。通过与实践者的精英访谈，德尔福方法将为采用氢气技术制定一个明确的路线图，为政策、设计和使用提供信息。方法：该项目将包括至少两轮与从业者的访谈和调查，由学生(N=30-50)确定和招募。第一轮访谈将允许从业者识别和排名他们预见到的氢气采用的挑战和机遇。将对这些数据进行分析，以得出总体的集团预测，然后在随后的几轮面谈中提交给与会者。在这里，受访者将能够根据该组织的整体预测修改他们的初始观点。结果将是一幅可能采用氢气的图景--在总体或集团层面上。成果：该项目将产生学术成果(以能源政策为目标)，并为实践者提供有影响力的建议(通过信息图)。使用Delphi方法将允许比较该项目并将其整合到类似研究的全球路线图中。

Overview: This proposal will identify the challenges, barriers and opportunities facing businesses involved in the transition to a low-carbon, sustainable hydrogen economy. Utilising a mixed method forecasting approach (Delphi), the project will support a student to survey practitioners in a sector / industry. Through elite interviews with practitioners, the Delphi method will produce a clear road map for the adoption of hydrogen technologies that can inform policy, design and use. Method: The project will involve at least two rounds of interviews and surveys with practitioners, to be identified and recruited by the student (N=30-50). The initial round of interviews will allow practitioners to identify and rank challenges and opportunities they foresee with adoption of hydrogen. These will be analysed to produce an overall group forecast, which will then presented to participants in subsequent rounds of interviews. Here, respondents will be able to amend their initial views based on the group's overall predictions. The result will be a picture - at an aggregate or group-level - of the likely adoption of hydrogen. Deliverables: The project will produce academic outputs (targeting Energy Policy) and impactful advice for practitioners (via infographics). Utilising the Delphi method will allow the project to be compared and integrated into a global road map of similar studies.