JAKARTA: Indonesia has broken ground on its first waste-to-energy plant in Bali, marking the start of a national programme to convert municipal waste into electricity while addressing the country's growing waste problem.
Danantara Indonesia chief executive officer Rosan Roeslani said the project was inaugurated on Wednesday (July 8) in Pedungan Village, South Denpasar, through Danantara Investment Management and project developer Daya Energi Bersih Nusantara.
He said the facility was designed to help modernise Indonesia's waste management system by converting municipal waste into electricity using proven technology while adhering to high environmental and governance standards.
"As directed by President Prabowo Subianto, waste management is a shared challenge that we must address as quickly as possible, so that it does not burden our future generations,” he said in a statement issued by Danantara.
According to Danantara, the Bali facility will use moving grate incinerator technology, which is widely deployed in waste-to-energy plants worldwide and is designed to comply with the European Industrial Emissions Directive.
The sovereign wealth fund said the facility was projected to reduce emissions by up to 80 per cent per tonne of waste compared with open dumping at landfills, while creating up to 1,200 green jobs during construction and operation.
Danantara said the groundbreaking ceremony also saw state utility PLN and the project company sign a Power Purchase Agreement for the purchase of electricity generated by the facility, providing the project with long-term commercial certainty.
It said Indonesia generates more than 140,000 tonnes of waste each day, making waste-to-energy projects a key component of the government's efforts to reduce reliance on landfills while expanding cleaner sources of electricity. - Bernama
