Minister Of Environment Prepares Waste Processing Into Electricity In Bali Starting July

Minister of Environment (LH) Hanif Faisol Nurofiq at TPA Suwung Denpasar/PHOTO: Dafi-VOI

DENPASAR - Minister of Environment (LH) / Head of the Indonesian Environmental Control Agency (BPLHI) Hanif Faisol Nurofiq promised to start preparing for processing waste into electricity in Bali starting July 2025, starting with the licensing process.

"Starting in July, we are pursuing to prepare all the necessary regulations, starting (development) maybe after 2025 because the six-month licensing process is very good," said Minister of Environment and Forestry Hanif Faisol in the Suwung Denpasar TPA area, Tuesday, May 26.

Minister of Environment explained that in July 2025, before carrying out a private to energy or processing of waste into electricity, environmental permits, spatial planning and following a number of technical regulations will be prepared.

"Our hope is that in late December, 33 units, which are targeted in accordance with the president's direction, will complete the licensing process," said Hanif Faisol.

Furthermore, he said, the development stage will begin, namely in early 2026 where the construction of a waste processing plant into electrical energy will be escorted by the Minister of Public Works (PU).

After completion, he continued, the waste plant will process electricity directly connected to PLN and reciprocal for Bali is a subsidy for purchasing electricity.

For now, the Minister of Environment and Forestry has asked the Bali Provincial Government to ensure that the stock of waste as fuel is available, namely 1,000 tons per day, as well as preparing a place to process waste into electrical energy.

Hanif Faisol ensured that the development of a plant capable of converting waste into electrical energy would be funded by the state budget. He also emphasized that in processing waste, the best tool is needed, not origin, because he does not want bad things to happen in other areas in Bali.

The Minister of Environment and Forestry gave an example of RDF Rorotan which should have been able to process up to a capacity of 2,500 tons of waste but in the end it could not be according to plan.

"It turned out that when operated, the smell appeared, that's why the garbage was organic mixed and this is the main problem, not the RDF, but the technology that RDF uses is technology for garbage that has been sorted," he said.

Therefore, the Minister of Environment did not want Bali to follow in this footsteps, so he asked later to use good technology.