BNERI shall recommend and accelerate the energy strategies by providing policy research solutions, 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 Darussalam under Wawasan Brunei 2035.
The ambition is to make BNERI a centre of excellence on energy in Brunei Darussalam with plans to make it an institute of at least 10 - 15 researchers over the next three years. BNERI is currently governed by a Statutory Board and advised by an International Advisory Board. The Boards are chaired by the Minister of Energy at the Prime Minister’s Office of Brunei Darussalam. BNERI is headed by a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) who reports to the Statutory Board.