Contribution to Policy Formulation and Decision Making

  • Invited Expert Review Panel: 2022 – present – The Government of Canada’s Fuel Life Cycle Assessment Model’s Stakeholder Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) under the Clean Fuel Standard (CFS) for Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC).
  • Invited Expert Review Panel: 2022 – present - Technical Expert Review Panel for Low-CI Hydrogen Integration under the Clean Fuel Standard (CFS) for Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC).
  • Elected Alberta Representative: The Center for Legislative Energy and Environmental Research (CLEER) University Advisory Board (UAB) – CLEER is an affiliate organization which supports the Energy Council – an organization of legislators from 14 US energy-producing states and two Canadian provinces (https://www.theenergycouncil.org/index.php), January 11, 2021 - Present.
  • Invited Expert Review Panel: May 2021 – December 2022 - Technical Expert Review Panel for Development of Quantification Methods for Co-processing of biocrudes in refineries and upgraders under the Clean Fuel Standard (CFS) for Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC).
  • Invited Expert Review Panel: May 2021 – December 2022 – Technical Expert Review Panel for Development of Quantification Methods for Generic Pathways under the Clean Fuel Standard (CFS) for Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC).
  • Alberta Hydrogen Roadmap – Invited Expert Modelling: Kumar and his team conducted the modelling to support development of Alberta’s Hydrogen Roadmap (https://www.alberta.ca/hydrogen-roadmap.aspx) based on invitation by the Alberta Department of Energy and authored the report: “Identification and Assessment of Opportunities for Hydrogen in Alberta’s Low-Carbon Economy”, November 5, 2021.
  • Invited Expert Witness Panel: The House of Commons of Canada - Standing Committee on Natural Resources (RNNR), 43rd Parliament, 2nd Session – Low-carbon and Renewable Fuels Industry in Canada, May 7, 2021, Ottawa, Canada (https://www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer/en/43-2/RNNR/meeting-25/notice).
  • Invited Expert Modelling for GHG Emissions for Bitumen Beyond Combustion (BBC) Policy Development: October 2020 – September 2021 – Life cycle GHG modelling of carbon fibre production from bitumen for White Paper on Bitumen Beyond Combustion for Alberta Innovates, November, 2021.
  • Invited Expert Review Panel: 2020 – Mar. 2021 - Expert Review Panel – Critical Review of the Low Carbon Fuel Pathways from Environment and Climate Change Canada’s (ECCC) for Fuel Life Cycle Assessment Model – Development of Clean Fuel Standard (CFS), Canada.
  • Invited Expert Review Panel: July 2019 – Jun. 2020 – Expert Review Panel – Expertise in Life Cycle Assessments of Canadian Fuel Pathways for Environment and Climate Change Canada’s (ECCC) Development of Clean Fuel Standard (CFS), Canada.
  • Invited Expert Witness Panel: Senate of Canada – Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications (TRCM) – Bill C – 48: An Act respecting the regulation of vessels that transport crude oil or persistent oil to or from ports or marine installations located along British Columbia's north coast, April 29, 2019, Edmonton, Canada (https://sencanada.ca/en/Committees/TRCM/NoticeOfMeeting/522055/42-1).
  • Invited Technical Expert: Mar, 2018 – June 2019. Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) – Clean Fuel Standard (CFS) – Technical Carbon Intensity and Life Cycle Analysis Subgroup, Canada.
  • Contribution to the Mission Innovation (MI) Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Invited Expert’s Workshop, September 2017, Houston, USA – Mission Innovation is a consortium of 24 countries and the European Commission and Dr. Kumar was invited based on his expertise and his groups work on life cycle assessment of carbon capture and storage. Dr. Kumar contributed to the development of the framework for assessment of pathways. (https://www.energy.gov/fecm/downloads/accelerating-breakthrough-innovation-carbon-capture-utilization-and-storage).
  • Reviewer Technical Review Committee: Apr. – May, 2017. Alberta Climate Change Office - Technical Review Committee for Energy Generation from the Combustion of Biomass Quantification Protocol, Edmonton, Alberta Canada.
  • Invited Review Panel: Carbon Intensity Values for Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) Regulation – Expert Reviewer for the State of California Air Resources Board (ARB) – California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA), 2015.
  • Session Convener – Oct. 6, 2015, for session on ‘Economy-Wide Approaches for GHG Reduction – Technical Engagement Session’ for Alberta’s Climate Change Advisory Panel Leadership Discussion, Edmonton, Alberta.
  • Invited Expert Witness Panel: Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Government of Alberta – Standing Committee on Alberta’s Economic Future – Review of BRIK (Bitumen Royalty-in-Kind), Feb. 27, 2013, Edmonton, Canada (https://www.assembly.ab.ca/docs/default-source/committees/ef/review-of-the-brik-(bitumen-royalty-in-kind)-program---may-2013.pdf?sfvrsn=d7fce43c_4).