Bekasi Accelerates Waste-to-Power Plant Project
- Government sped up building waste-to-electricity plants, selecting Bekasi for priority implementation through local public-private cooperation. - Project covers Bekasi, Bogor Raya, and Denpasar with formal PKS agreements signed to start implementation. - Officials say conversion will reduce landfill pressure and add renewable electricity capacity, accelerating regional waste management solutions (liputan6.com).
Indonesia has moved Bekasi to the front of its waste-to-power push, signing a project agreement to start turning city trash into electricity. (liputan6.com) The agreement covers three areas — Bekasi City, Bogor Raya, and Denpasar Raya — and links local governments with the project companies that won the tenders to build and run the plants. The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry said the signing marks the implementation stage after procurement in those regions. (esdm.go.id) Presidential Regulation No. 109 of 2025 is the new legal track for four projects: Bekasi City, Yogyakarta City, Bogor Raya, and Denpasar Raya. The Presidential Staff Office said those four, plus Bandung Raya under an older 2018 regulation, are targeted for groundbreaking in June 2026. (antaranews.com) A waste-to-power plant burns or processes municipal garbage to make steam and generate electricity, instead of sending the same waste to a landfill. Indonesian officials are pitching the projects as a way to cut the volume of urban waste while adding domestic power supply. (setkab.go.id) The timing is tied to a national waste problem that is still growing faster than collection and treatment systems. The Energy Ministry said Indonesia generated 33.8 million tons of waste in 2024, with 13.6 million tons — 40.1% — left unmanaged. (esdm.go.id, esdm.go.id) President Prabowo Subianto has tied that cleanup effort to a broader plan for 34 waste-to-energy projects nationwide. The Cabinet Secretariat said in February 2026 that the government was pushing a more integrated national waste program through the Indonesia ASRI movement and new plant construction. (setkab.go.id) The project structure also shows how the government wants these plants financed and operated. In March, Antara reported that Danantara had appointed Zhejiang Weiming for Denpasar and Wangneng Environment for Bekasi, while later naming a Chinese partner for Bogor’s plant as well. (en.antaranews.com, megapolitan.antaranews.com) Bekasi’s role matters because it sits inside Greater Jakarta, where landfill pressure and daily waste volumes are among the country’s heaviest. If the June 2026 groundbreaking target holds, the city will be part of the first batch testing whether Indonesia can move waste-to-power projects from regulation and tender documents to construction sites. (liputan6.com, en.antaranews.com)
