Brunei National Energy Research Institute

The newly established Brunei National Energy Research Institute (BNERI) aspires to become an international centre of excellence on energy that will have a significant contribution towards Wawasan Brunei 2035. Its strategic objective is to support and promote Brunei's energy security, economic growth and environmental sustainability through innovative research and development (R&D) activities, including the commercializing and deployment of R&D products and research on renewable and alternative energy, energy efficiency and conservation, electricity generation and distribution, and hydrocarbon exploration, production and manufacturing. BNERI shall recommend and accelerate the energy strategies by providing policy research, information, expertise and capacity building to ensure that, over the long-term, necessary energy development policies and programs are in action and harmony with the economic growth and the environmental sustainability of Brunei under Wawasan 2035 and the region. The ambition is to make BNERI an energy think tank on certain areas of energy, firstly for Brunei and eventually for the region and in the international arena, with immediate plans to make it an institute of about thirty researchers over the next three years. BNERI approach is to “synergize” with other think tanks and strategic partners in order to assure that those energy challenges are well undertaken and all targets are achieved to drive Brunei’s economy into a sustainable future.