Renewable Energy Advisor, GIZ
Amalia Suryani has been working in energy sector since 2006. She started her career as an Analyst of Fuel Price and Subsidy in the Indonesian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources. In 2010 she shifted to energy efficiency sector as an analyst in Clinton Foundation, working with the Jakarta City Government to promote energy efficiency measures for buildings and streetlights. In the following year she joined GIZ (the German International Cooperation Agency) as Renewable Energy Advisor specifically dealing with rural electrification initiatives in Indonesia. She is passionate in working on community empowerment issues and energy access provision in the most remote areas in the country. She holds a master degree in Energy and Environment Management from Twente University of the Netherlands. She is also active in the network of micro-hydro power practitioners
in South and South East Asia (the HPNET) and is a member of the HPNET Steering Group.