Mahdi Nurianto Ahmad
PLN Indonesia
Presentation: The Role of Battery Energy Storage Systems in Enabling High Renewable Penetration on Indonesia’s Small Island Power Systems.
Mahdi Nurianto Ahmad works in Generation Business Development at PT PLN Indonesia Power, where he is involved in planning and developing power generation projects across Indonesia. His portfolio spans both thermal and renewable energy technologies, including solar PV, wind, battery energy storage systems (BESS), geothermal and hydropower.
He has a particular interest in how renewable energy and storage solutions can reduce dependence on diesel generation in isolated and small-island power systems. He also supports business development activities, including joint venture and consortium structuring for new generation projects.
Mahdi graduated cum laude with a Bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering from Institut Teknologi Bandung and later completed a Master of Energy with First Class Honours at the University of Auckland. He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP®) and PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP®). He has also participated in an international renewable energy capacity-building programme through JICA and Kyushu University.