LPDP Scholarship Application Guidebook

Audrey Seravina
LPDP Scholarship Awardee - Batch 1 2024
Imperial College London | MSc Sustainable Energy Futures

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Passing Grade LPDP Batch 1 2024
Program Magister Luar Negeri Beasiswa Reguler

// Jalur PTUD: 700

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Personnel Profile
A brief introduction to give you some context about
myself and my proposed contribution for Indonesia.

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 Audrey Seravina
• Bachelor of Science from Ocean Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Master’s degree university of choice:
Environmental Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung (2018-2022) MSc Sustainable Energy Futures
• Business Development Officer PT Apca Tirta Engineering (2022-2024) Imperial College London (September 2024)

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 Replacing Coal with Other Fuel Sources

https://www.spglobal.com/commodityinsights/en/ci/research-analysis/indonesia-sets-2060-netzero-ambition.html

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 National Energy General Plan
Rencana Umum Energi Nasional (RUEN) Set Targets in KEN
(Kebijakan Energi Nasional – Realization
• Established in 2017, the RUEN acts as National Energy Policy)

the guideline for the development of

national energy utilization to achieve
national energy self-sufficiency and
security.
• In the document, national targets for
renewable energy mix have been set
to achieve at least 23% by 2025 and
31% by 2050.
• Up until 2023, the country has
constantly failed to realize its annual
targets, only achieving 13% of the
renewable energy mix as opposed to
its original target of 17% on the year.
• The industry has proven to develop over
the years, although at a slow pace of
1-2% annually. The ultimate goal: 31% renewable energy
share in the primary energy mix by 2050.

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 Barriers in Realizing the Transition towards Renewable Energy
The following challenges are the ones that I have personally witnessed and experienced as a
business development officer in the renewable energy industry.

Cause Effect Example

Complicated procurement
process and lack of synergy Reduces trust and creates Lack of synchronization between
between stakeholders additional complexity for potential PLN sub-holdings in project
(government and potential partners and investors. procurements.
partners).

Current national tariff ceilings refer to

Current electricity tariff policy Perpres no 112 tahun 2022. However,
another tariff ceiling is applied due to the
does not allow renewable energy to Lowers the financial feasibility
considerations of the province’s basic
have fair competition with fossil- when not compensated properly. cost of provision (Biaya Pokok
fueled generators. Penyediaan – BPP) which is lower in
some cases.

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 Gap Analysis – Achieving National Targets

Full synchronization of project

31% renewable energy mix stakeholders to achieve joint Adjusted tariff ceiling to achieve
in 2050. success in developing renewable a competitive financial feasibility.
energy projects.

A transformative
solution is required at a
Lack of standardized
policy-making level to
A need for a revised tariff policy create a stronger
implementation framework for
17.91% gap to be achieved. that promotes the development
renewable energy procurement
of renewable energy projects. foundation for
process.
renewable energy
development in
Indonesia.
Complicated procurement
Current electricity tariff policy
process and lack of synergy
13.09% renewable energy mix does not allow renewable energy
between stakeholders
in 2023. to have fair competition with
(government and potential
fossil-fueled generators.
partners).

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 “Establishing Effective and Progressive Implementation Policies to Expedite
the Renewable Energy Transition in Indonesia”
Establishment of Governance Guide for Renewable Energy Project Development

Effective [ɪˈfɛktɪv]
successful in producing a desired or intended result
Policies created should keep the ultimate goal in mind, which is to reach net zero
emissions in the energy sector by 2050. All strategies created in multiple aspects should
be aligned together to reach the goal.

Progressive [prəˈɡrɛsɪv]
developing or happening gradually
The policy should be periodically evaluated to assess the realization of the strategies
implemented. Through this method, a more developed policy can be established to
meet the net zero emission target that has been set.

Implementation Policy
An implementation policy refers to a specific set of guidelines, procedures, and actions
designed to translate a broader policy or strategic goal into concrete and achievable
steps. It is focused on the process of putting a policy into action, providing detailed
instructions on how to execute and achieve the objectives outlined in the policy.

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 Roadmap towards Progressive and Effective Implementation Policies

• Graduate with master’s • Become the Secretary

degree (October 2025). Directorate General of New,
• Return to Indonesia and apply Renewable Energy, and Energy
to the Ministry of Energy and Conservation in the Ministry of
Mineral Resources. Energy and Mineral Resources.

01 02 2025 03 04 2040 05
2024 2030 2050

• Application for master’s • Achieve renewable energy • Achieve net zero emissions
degree and LPDP scholarship. mix target in 2030. in the energy sector of
• Planned starting year for MSc • Evaluate and establish a Indonesia.
Sustainable Energy Futures at new National Energy
Imperial College London General Plan to achieve the
(September 2024). 2050 target.

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 Area of Contribution
Become one of the strategic policy-makers in Indonesia to create a standardized implementation framework for more
effective development of renewable energy projects, creating a better synergy with national and international stakeholders.

MINISTRY OF ENERGY AND MINERAL STATE ELECTRICITY COMPANY

RESOURCES REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA
REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA
Directorate General of New, Renewable As the state-owned company for renewable
Energy, and Energy Conservation energy businesses in Indonesia, I will
participate in the development of
As the regulator of the renewable energy in standardized procurement framework and
Indonesia, I will organize the formulation and renewable energy project plans, such as the
implementation of policies, such as the National Power Supply Business Plan
electricity tariff policy, in the field of (Rencana Usaha Penyediaan Tenaga Listrik –
geothermal activities, bioenergy, various new RUPTL).
and renewable energy, and energy
conservation.
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 Expected Impact: Governance Guide for Renewable
Energy Project Development in Indonesia
• A standardized policy in all aspects: the data that must be provided by the project owner, the types of
administrational documents required, the ceiling tariffs that are applied.

• Investors will be more willing to join as a more transparent policy would create a clearer path for the
project development process.

• The 31% renewable energy mix by 2050 will be achieved in a clearer and more measurable way.

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 https://imperial.ac.uk/study/courses/postgraduate-taught/sustainable-energy-futures/

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 https://imperial.ac.uk/study/courses/postgraduate-taught/sustainable-energy-futures/

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 Low Carbon Technologies

Methods for the Analysis of

Energy Systems Energy Economics and Policy

Data Science and Digitalization

in the Energy Sector
Debating/Research, “Establishing Effective and Progressive
Consultancy, and Project Implementation Policies to Expedite the
Energy Transmission and Management Workshops
Storage
Renewable Energy Transition in Indonesia”

Synthetic Fuels Entrepreneurship Towards Zero

Carbon Energy Systems

Urban Energy Systems

Technical modules to support my core interest in energy
economics, policies, management, and entrepreneurship.
Sustainable Transport

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 “Governance Guide for Renewable Energy
Project Development in Indonesia”

Research Project and Thesis Plan

• Policy and Innovation is one of the core research
themes by the Energy Futures Lab of Imperial
College London.
• As a student at MSc Sustainable Energy Futures, I
plan to engage research in this topic and
contextualize it to solve the problems in Indonesia.

The research theme aims to:

• Design new policy frameworks and strategies to
unlock the full potential of the energy transition.
• Produce multidisciplinary research that
identifies solution to complex policy problems.

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 02
Administrative Selection Process
Answering LPDP Questions and Essay Breakdown

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 Answering LPDP Questions

Questions Asked in this Batch

(questions in Indonesian and answered in Indonesian)
1. Kekuatan/kelebihan (strong point) yang dimiliki 5. Hal terakhir yang diajarkan pada diri sendiri
2. Kelemahan/kekurangan (weak point) yang dimiliki 6. Kesalahan yang pernah dilakukan selama bekerja
3. Pengalaman membanggakan 7. Tugas di luar ruang lingkup yang seharusnya
4. Pengalaman kurang membanggakan 8. Pembeda dari peserta lainnya

Questions 1 and 2 are answered using bullet points. Make

it simple and concise (around 1-2 sentences) but strong
enough so the readers understand it well.

I answered questions 3-8 using the STAR framework. The

questions are similar to common interview questions so try
imagining yourself answering it verbally, then write it down.

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 Answering LPDP Questions

Question 1 answering structure:

1. Elaboration of my strong points
2. How it would help me in the future

Question 2 answering structure:

1. Elaboration of my weak points

I used frequency adverbs in answering

this question to highlight that my
weaknesses doesn’t happen all the time.

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 Answering LPDP Questions

Answering questions 3-8

using the STAR framework.

Situation: …salah satu proyek saya yang pada saat itu akan mengadakan diskusi antara manajemen internal dengan pihak mitra.
Task: …mempersiapkan komunikasi antar pihak.
Action: …mengambil inisiatif dalam menjadwalkannya
Result: …keputusan saya yang tergesa-gesa menimbulkan miskomunikasi.

Additional result: Saya mencoba untuk lebih merencanakan langkah yang perlu diambil dalam mencapai tujuan agar kesalahan yang
perlu diambil dalam mencapai tujuan agar kesalahan yang saya lakukan tidak terjadi lagi.

Tip: Always end the paragraph by recalling how your experience/story will be relevant for your future.

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 Things I Learned in the Making of LPDP Essay
Choose what kind of The Character Remember that your essay has one red
storyline suits you! • Your backstory (Experience) thread: your contribution for Indonesia
Everyone has their own way of • Your skills and Knowledge
storytelling and that’s okay! My The Problem
version of essay was written using • What are you trying to solve?
the following narrative flow. • Why is it urgent to be solved?
• Provide data and facts
The Goal
• What’s the ultimate output that
you desire?
• Be SMART! The Hero (Ideal Version)
• What skills and knowledge does
the hero possess?
• What will the hero do to reach the
The Plan
ultimate goal?
• What’s the step by step plan to
achieve the goal?
• Smaller milestones of the
ultimate goal Recognize that in your plan to be the
• Again, be SMART! hero, you’d need to get your degree and
you need LPDP’s support for it!

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 Things I Learned in the Making of LPDP Essay

My Essay Writing Process

Writing an essay is an iterative

process. My essay had lots of Empathize Define Ideate
revisions in between. My essay used What is the problem in Define the problem by creating a Create a SMART solution to
the design thinking process. Indonesia? Empathize by looking problem statement. solve the problem effectively.
for supporting data and facts.

Prototype Test Implement

Write your draft. You can initially Ask someone to review your Implement the feedback from
write your main ideas in points essay. I usually ask LPDP the reviewers and refine your
and develop them into awardees to do this. essay along the way!
sentences afterward.

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 Essay Breakdown: Contribution for Indonesia

This is the flowchart that I drew during

my essay preparation days. Everything
that I wrote in my essay is based on this
flowchart, with some modifications
applied to create a more coherent story.

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 Essay Breakdown: Contribution for Indonesia
Actual word count: 1779 words
I inserted a hook to get the reader’s attention.

Started off the first two paragraphs by

introducing myself: my education background
and my working experience.

Note: No provision suggests what language you

are supposed to write in.
You can write your essay either in Bahasa
Indonesia or English.

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 Essay Breakdown: Contribution for Indonesia

(1) Educational Background

I provided this as what I learned during my
bachelor studies aligns with what I’m aiming.

The major points that I addressed are:

• University major
• Relevant courses
• Bachelor’s thesis

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 Essay Breakdown: Contribution for Indonesia

(2) Work Experience

I found the issue that I want to solve while doing
my work as a business development. You can use
this part to provide background on how you came
to find the problem.

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 Essay Breakdown: Contribution for Indonesia

(3) Problem Background

I used this paragraph to provide context on how I
came across the problem. The final sentence
gives a bridging to my problem description in the
next paragraph.

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 Essay Breakdown: Contribution for Indonesia

After giving some background to give

introduction and context, I used the next part of
the paragraphs to give exposition on the issue
that I’m going to address.

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 Essay Breakdown: Contribution for Indonesia

(4) Problem Exposition

Some exposition to explain the question in the
previous paragraph: “How come Indonesia has yet
to achieve this stage?”.
Provide data and facts to familiarize readers with
the problem and its impacts (inserting credible
resources is really important!)

Notice the structure in my paragraph:

1. First sentence mentions the problem (be
specific!)
2. The sentences that follow are all the data and
facts that support the problem I mentioned.
3. I ended the paragraph with a conclusion of
the problem. This is in the form of a
reasoning of why the realization of energy
transition is slower than expected (back to
the first sentence).

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 Essay Breakdown: Contribution for Indonesia

Problem
Why 1

Warning: Don’t put everything in your essay!

Solving a national problem is a complex process.
What you should mention is which parts of solving
Why 2
the problem you can contribute in. This creates a
sharper idea on your contribution.
Why 3

Why 4.1 (5) Root Cause Analysis

After the reader understands the problem,
Why 4.2 mention what causes it. When the problem is
complex, mention specific reasons that
correlates with your major.
Root
Cause Read: the 5 Whys Method

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 Essay Breakdown: Contribution for Indonesia

After the problem statement is established, I

used the next paragraphs to state the results of
my gap analysis and contextualized it with my
personal experiences.

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 Essay Breakdown: Contribution for Indonesia

(6) Gap Analysis

In this paragraph, I mentioned both the ideal
condition that I hoped to happen in Indonesia,
and the actual condition in reality. From this, I’m
able to state the problem statement:
a lack of standardized implementation
framework.

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 Essay Breakdown: Contribution for Indonesia

(7) Problem Contextualization

After the problem statement is established, I used
the next paragraph to affirm it using what I
learned from my experiences. This gives the
readers a further context that the problem that I
mentioned isn’t something that only exists
theoretically, but it’s a real problem in life that
needs to be addressed.

Recalling the ideal condition

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 Essay Breakdown: Contribution for Indonesia

I ended the last sentence of the paragraph with

a bridging for the next part: my master studies

As the gap analysis has been defined and the

needs have been stated, I introduced my
master’s program and how it bridges the way
to creating a solution.

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 Essay Breakdown: Contribution for Indonesia

(8) University Introduction

Explanation about the university and the reasons
of why I chose this university. This reason may vary
from:
1. The university rank and reputation
2. The country you’re studying at
3. The curriculum provided

Note: Remember that I only have one university

in my application.
If you’re choosing more than one university, you
have to elaborate on each university and your
reasonings.

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 Essay Breakdown: Contribution for Indonesia

If you have more than one university choice:

Due to word limit restriction reasons, I
recommend writing one paragraph for your
university and your program and using the next 1-2
paragraphs to elaborate on your other choices.

(9) Program Introduction

Highlight a specific reason of why the program you
chose is special and what differs it from other
universities that may offer the same curriculum.

Mention actual subjects from

the program that interest you.

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 Essay Breakdown: Contribution for Indonesia

(10) Contribution to Indonesia

Elaborate on what kind of contribution you will
bring back to Indonesia and how you will achieve
it. Be SMART when writing this.

Here are some things I wished I could’ve improved

in this part:
1. Giving a time bound on my steps towards
realizing my vision
I didn’t mention any specific year for my
smaller milestones, which I should have as it
gives a sense of urgency of why I must take
the master’s degree immediately
2. Research your future role thoroughly
In my interview, I changed my answer from
the Directorate General of Electricity to the
Directorate General of New, Renewable
Energy, and Energy Conservation. I didn’t do
enough research to realize that there’s a more
fitting role that I want to fill in.

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 Essay Breakdown: Contribution for Indonesia

(11) Conclusion
Conclude everything in your final paragraph and
highlight that to realize your contribution in
Indonesia, your master’s degree is an important
component in it.

Another quote just because I feel like it

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Thank You
Audrey Seravina
MSc Sustainable Energy Futures
Imperial College London, United Kingdom