Amalia is a doctoral candidate at the University of Twente, focusing on universal energy access—a vision within the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Her PhD research explores collaborative approaches to designing and implementing technological solutions for energy access. Recognizing energy access as a complex societal challenge, she adopts a multidisciplinary perspective, integrating insights from social sciences, sustainability, and technology.

She received her B.Sc. in Statistics from the Institute of Technology Sepuluh Nopember (ITS) in Indonesia in 2005. Amalia then pursued her first M.Sc. in Energy and Environmental Management at the University of Twente, graduating in 2011, and later obtained a second M.Sc. in Sustainable Development in 2021, a joint degree from Leipzig University in Germany and the University of Graz in Austria. Her academic interests encompass sustainability science, social science, technology and innovation management, and development studies.

With over a decade of professional experience, Amalia has held key roles in both public sector and international organizations. She has served as a Fuel Subsidy Analyst at Indonesia’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, an Energy Efficiency Analyst with the Clinton Foundation, and as a Renewable Energy Advisor at the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), where she managed the Energising Development project in Indonesia.

Expertise

  • Engineering

    • Microgrid
    • Energy Engineering
    • Operation and Maintenance
    • Sustainable Development
    • Renewable Energy
    • Energy Access
  • Computer Science

    • Interoperability
  • Social Sciences

    • Community-Based

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Publications

2024

The Measures of Power Quality in Energy Access and Cost-Effective Monitoring Tools as an Enabler (2024)In Proceedings IEEE International Decentralized Energy Access Solutions (IDEAS) Conference (Accepted/In press). Sulaeman, I., Suryani, A., Appelman, M., Moonen, N. & Popović, J.Comparative Analysis of Operation and Maintenance Practices in Community-Based Solar Microgrids (2024)[Contribution to conference › Paper] 2025 IEEE International Decentralized Energy Access Solutions (IDEAS) Conference (Accepted/In press). Suryani, A., Khoirunnisa, E., Moonen, N. & Popović, J.Interoperability in Microgrids to Improve Energy Access: A Systematic Review (2024)IEEE Access, 12, 64267-64284. Suryani, A., Sulaeman, I., Rosyid, O. A., Moonen, N. & Popovic, J.https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3396275

2023

Is Technology the Answer to Universal Energy Access? (2023)In 2023 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference, GHTC 2023 (pp. 16-19). IEEE. Suryani, A., Appelman, M., Moonen, N. & Popovic, J.https://doi.org/10.1109/GHTC56179.2023.10355000Over a century of small hydropower projects in Indonesia: a historical review (2023)Energy, sustainability and society, 13(1). Article 30. Rospriandana, N., Burke, P. J., Suryani, A., Mubarok, M. H. & Pangestu, M. A.https://doi.org/10.1186/s13705-023-00408-1Technologies for Interoperability in Microgrids for Energy Access (2023)In 2023 IEEE 7th Global Electromagnetic Compatibility Conference (GEMCCON) (pp. 31-32). Suryani, A., Sulaeman Islahuzzaman, I., Popović, J., Moonen, N. & Leferink, F.https://doi.org/10.1109/GEMCCON57842.2023.10078200

2022

Optimizing Renewable Energy Share in Remote Areas Microgrids and Its Trade-off to Cost (2022)In 2022 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC) (pp. 477-480). IEEE. Sulaeman Islahuzzaman, I., Suryani, A., Moonen, N., Popović, J. & Leferink, F.https://doi.org/10.1109/GHTC55712.2022.9911017

2021

Remote microgrids for energy access in Indonesia—part II: Pv microgrids and a technology outlook (2021)Energies, 14(21). Article 6901. Simatupang, D., Sulaeman Islahuzzaman, I., Moonen, N., Maulana, R., Baharuddin, S., Suryani, A., Popović, J. & Leferink, F.https://doi.org/10.3390/en14216901Remote microgrids for energy access in indonesia—part I: Scaling and sustainability challenges and a technology outlook (2021)Energies, 14(20). Article 6643. Sulaeman Islahuzzaman, I., Simatupang, D. P., Noya, B. K., Suryani, A., Moonen, N., Popović, J. & Leferink, F.https://doi.org/10.3390/en14206643

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Carré (building no. 15), room C2538
Hallenweg 23
7522 NH Enschede
Netherlands

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