Nadhilah Shani, Marcel Nicky Arianto, and Putri Aprilia Maharani

Nadhilah Shani is an energy policy researcher with more than seven years of experience advocating energy policy in Southeast Asia. Currently, Shani is a Manager of Power Generation and Interconnection Department in ASEAN Centre for Energy, which is leading the work on the ASEAN Power Grid, as well as emerging technologies like Nuclear, Hydrogen, and Storage. 

Her journey began as a solar engineer before transitioning into policy research, driven by her passion for sustainable energy. Shani has played a vital role in supporting energy transitions in Indonesia, empowering utilities to enhance renewable energy procurement for the industrial sector. 

Shani holds BSc in Electrical Power Engineering from ITB and MSc in Sustainable Energy Technology from TU Delft, Netherlands.

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Marcel Nicky Arianto is a researcher at the ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE). He is actively involved in the ASEAN Power Grid initiative, a regionwide aspiration focused in enhancing ASEAN’s grid reliability through interconnections. 

He is also involved in advancing low-carbon technologies adoption in ASEAN, particularly through advocacy of hydrogen and ammonia policies. His passion lies in the topic of power system reliability and quality, power systems policies and regulations, and low-carbon technologies. 

Prior to joining ACE, Nicky gained one year of experience as Laboratory Assistant at the Power System Simulation Laboratory at Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Indonesia, where he also earned his B.Eng in Electrical Engineering (majored in Power System Engineering).

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Putri Aprilia Maharani is a Junior Officer in the Business Development Unit at the ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE), where she previously worked as a Junior Research Analyst on Power Generation and Interconnection. At ACE, she provides coordination support for regional energy market development and stakeholder collaboration. 

Putri has contributed to several of ACE’s flagship projects, including the ASEAN Power Grid Advancement Program (APG-AP), the Indonesia–Malaysia Cross-border Interconnection Feasibility Study, and the Regional Power Market (RPM) roadmap, as well as ACE’s flagship publications such as Policy Insights, Technical Reports, and the ASEAN Energy Booklets, with a particular focus on power generation, interconnection, and the clean energy transition in ASEAN. 

Prior to joining ACE, Putri earned a bachelor’s degree in International Relations Communication from LSPR Communication and Business Institute in Jakarta, Indonesia.