Nofri Yenita Dahlan
The National Bureau of Asian Research
Dr. Nofri Yenita Dahlan is a Professor in the School of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Shah Alam, Malaysia. Currently, she serves as the Director of UiTM Solar Research Institute (SRI). She received Electrical Engineering Degree, B. Eng (Honors) from Universiti Tenaga National (UNITEN) Malaysia in 2001, M.Sc. from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), UK in 2003, and a Ph.D. from the University of Manchester, UK, in 2011.
Her research interest has focused on power generation investment, energy economics and policy, electricity market, energy modelling, renewable energy, energy savings and efficiency. In recognition for her achievements in the fields, she has been awarded a Certified Measurement and Verification Professional (CMVP) in 2014 from the Efficiency Valuation Organization (EVO) and Association of Energy Engineers (AEE), U.S. She also served as policy consultant for United Nation Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) Malaysia Energy Efficiency and Solar Thermal Application (MAEESTA) Project. In this exercise, she developed a policy brief titled “Solar Thermal Deployment Strategy for Malaysian Industries” and led the development of three energy efficiency and conservation guidelines for Energy Commission Malaysia. In rural electrification related project, she has partnered with researchers from the United Kingdom to conduct a research project titled “Facilitating a Just, Fair, and Affordable Energy Transition in the Asia-Pacific” for addressing energy justice dimensions of rural electrification, techno-economic analysis of different business models and policy implications of these combined findings through stakeholder workshops.
In 2021, she has been featured as a Women Leaders in Energy and Environment by the Young Southeast Asia Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Women’s Leadership Academy Alumni Network, and in 2023 as an honorable mention for the 2023 Underwriters Laboratories–ASEAN–U.S. Science Prize for Women. Ir. Dr. Nofri Yenita Dahlan is a Nonresident Fellow at the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR).