Waste Processing Project To Energy Begins In November 2025

Minister of Investment/BKPM as CEO of BPI Danantara Rosan Roeslani. (Photo: Mery Handayani/VOI)

JAKARTA - Minister of Investment/BKPM as CEO of BPI Danantara Rosan Roeslani revealed that the waste processing program into electrical energy (PSEL) or waste to energy (WTE) will be launched in November 2025.

"We will launch this program in early November," he said at the Indonesia International Sustainability Forum (ISF) event in Jakarta, Friday, October 10.

Rosan said the waste processing project to electricity is planned to be carried out in 33 cities throughout Indonesia. Where the total investment required reaches IDR 91 trillion.

Rosan said, the initial stage will be carried out in 10 big cities first such as the cities of Tangerang, Jakarta, Bandung, Yogyakarta, Semarang, Surabaya, Bali and Makassar.

"The Waste to Energy program will be launched in 33 cities, but will be prioritized for 10 cities first based on the assessment of the Ministry of Environment," he said.

According to Rosan, Danantara will then open an open and transparent auction or tender process. The target is that all of these projects can be completed in the next two years.

"Hopefully, two years from now, most of the roads, especially in big cities, can be turned into electricity and at the same time create more jobs for Indonesia," he explained.

For your information, Danantara Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Rosan Roeslani revealed that 192 companies are interested in investing in waste processing into electricity or waste to energy (WTE) projects.

Rosan did not mention in detail the name of the company that asked for this waste processing project. Even so, he revealed that this investor came from within and outside the country.

From domestic, foreign companies, the Tbk companies are also domestic and foreign. From abroad, there are from China, there are Korea, the Netherlands is there, Germany is there, Japan also has Australia, Singapore especially, Malaysia is also there," he said when met at the Indonesia International Sustainability Forum (ISF) event in Jakarta, Friday, October 10.

Rosan mengatakan, proyek pengolahan sampah menjadi listrik ini rencananya akan dilaksanakan di 33 kota di seluruh Indonesia dengan total investasi yang dibutuhkan mencapai Rp91 triliun.

Kata Rosan, tahap awal akan dilakukan di 10 kota besar terlebih dahulu seperti kota Tangerang, Jakarta, Bandung, Yogyakarta, Semarang, Surabaya, Bali dan Makassar.

“Mungkin total investasinya itu mencapai kurang lebih Rp91 triliun untuk kurang lebih di 33 daerah itu,” kata Rosan.

Rosan said that the waste processing project into electricity is planned to be carried out in 33 cities throughout Indonesia with the total investment needed reaching IDR 91 trillion.

Rosan said, the initial stage will be carried out in 10 big cities first such as the cities of Tangerang, Jakarta, Bandung, Yogyakarta, Semarang, Surabaya, Bali and Makassar.

"Maybe the total investment reached approximately Rp. 91 trillion for approximately 33 regions," said Rosan.