Ardian Candra — Power System Automation & sustainable energy engineer. A decade powering Indonesia's islands. Now researching PV+BESS systems at KTH.
Thesis defence: Sustainable Energy System Sizing for Oskarshamn Harbour — PV, BESS, and Shore Power Integration. In collaboration with Smålandshamnar AB and Oskarshamn Energi.
Pyomo MILP dispatch optimiser with rolling-horizon scheduling. DEAP genetic algorithm for component sizing. Multi-objective Pareto optimisation across NPV, emissions, and self-sufficiency. Compared LFP, sodium-ion, and vanadium-redox-flow chemistries using PNNL-style decomposed CAPEX.
Hotel thermal energy storage (MILP + GA sizing); wind integration with adiabatic compressed-air energy storage (A-CAES, Gotland case study); PV power-output forecasting with deep neural networks.
Full MSc scholarship awarded to ~2% of applicants worldwide. Also received Best Proposal award for Smart & Sustainable Kigali 2030 — presented at the 2nd Nordic–Baltic Forum in Rwanda.
Weighted average 4.45/5.0 across 90 ECTS. Grade A in: AI in Energy, Optimisation of Energy Networks, Energy Storage Technology, Modeling of Energy Systems, Large Scale Solar Power, Energy Management.
Led generation expansion and distribution planning for Riau Islands isolated systems across 19 islands (53-billion-IDR annual budget). Feasibility studies for submarine cables and hybrid solar PV on 87 remote islands. Initiated wave-energy pilot at Natuna Island.
Built DMS from ground up with FLISR and self-healing smart-feeder schemes across 109 substations and 680 pole-mounted circuit breakers (IEC 61850, IEC 60870-5-104, DNP3, Modbus). Managed 20-billion-IDR annual budget. Key project: Batam–Sambu submarine cable interconnection delivering ~€3.4M/yr savings and ~1,090 t CO₂/yr reduction.
Maintained RTUs, gateways, and protection IEDs (Schneider Micom, GE Multilin, Siemens SIprotec) across the Riau distribution grid. Commissioned a 250 kW off-grid solar plant at Moro Island — the area's first distributed PV with autonomous island operation.
GPA 3.41/4.00. Concentrations in control & automation, energy conversion, and semiconductor materials. Thesis: ANFIS for maritime weather prediction — early neural-network modelling on real-world sensor data.
Finishing my MSc at KTH. Open to opportunities in sustainable energy.