Dr. Ahmad Agus Setiawan comes from humble origins. He was born in 1975 and raised in Jogjakarta, Indonesia, and now he is an assistant professor in renewable energy systems and planning at the Department of Nuclear and Engineering Physics, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Gadjah Mada. Currently he is a Clean Energy specialist for the World Bank on Improving Energy Project Delivery (IEPD) Project at Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources for National Energy Policy to be implemented throughout local government in Indonesia. He is also an expert staff in formulating Draft of Local Government Regulation on Renewable Energy for Yogyakarta Province, Indonesia.
As an ASEAN S&T Fellow, Dr. Setiawan works closely with the Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education in the priority area of sustainable energy in Indonesia. He is actively involved in the Working Group on Energy Self Sufficient Program for Indonesia within the Institute of Research and Community Services of UGM and is an active member of Indonesian Renewable Energy Society. He is also involved in the project development of hybrid energy system for outermost island of Marampit, in cooperation with the Ministry of Research and Technology Indonesia. He was also an Energy Globe Ambassador in 2013 and Energy and Innovation of Technology Team Coordinator in Australia Awards Alumni Reference Group 2014 – 2016. Dr. Ahmad Agus Setiawan was the recipient of Habibie Award 2014 in Engineering from The Habibie Center (a foundation owned by former President of Indonesia).
Dr. Ahmad Agus Setiawan’s areas of interest are Renewable Energy Systems and Applications for Sustainable Development. Realising Indonesia is an archipelagic country with more than 17,000 islands with many small & remote islands are lacking of electricity supply, he undertook study focusing on utilising renewable energy resources to generate electricity. He obtained PhD in Renewable Energy Systems from Curtin University, Australia (2009); M.Sc. in Sustainable Energy Engineering from The Royal Institute of Technology, KTH, Sweden (2003) and B.Eng. in Electrical Engineering from Universitas Gadjah Mada (1999), where he is currently teaching at the Department of Engineering Physics.