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        "id": 1681558,
        "msgid": "government-to-build-34-waste-to-energy-power-plants-by-2027-1776333067",
        "date": "2026-04-16 16:03:17",
        "title": "Government to Build 34 Waste-to-Energy Power Plants by 2027",
        "author": "Teuku Muhammad Valdy Arief",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Energy",
        "summary": "The Indonesian government plans to construct 34 waste-to-energy (WtE) projects across 34 cities by 2026-2027 to address the growing waste crisis, as landfills are projected to reach full capacity by 2028 without intervention. Vice Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Yuliot Tanjung emphasised that urban waste management is a presidential priority under President Prabowo, aiming to transform waste from a problem into a resource. A visit to the operational PSEL facility in Surabaya's Benowo landfill highlighted innovative processing of both old and new waste into renewable diesel fuel via pyrolysis, with potential output of 60-70 kilolitres per day once completed.",
        "content": "<p>JAKARTA - The government will build 34 waste-to-energy (WtE) or\nWaste-to-Electricity Power Plant (PLTSa) projects spread across 34\ncities through 2026-2027. These projects serve as a solution to the\nwaste problem that is beginning to pose a real threat in various\nregions, where final disposal sites (TPA) are increasingly full while\nthe volume of waste continues to increase every day. Vice Minister of\nEnergy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Yuliot Tanjung stated that the\ngovernment projects that almost all TPAs in Indonesia will experience\nexcess capacity at the latest by 2028 if there is no significant\nbreakthrough. \u201cUrban waste management is a priority activity that\nreceives direct oversight from President Prabowo. Therefore, serious and\nsystematic efforts are needed so that urban waste no longer becomes a\nsource of problems, but instead provides benefits,\u201d he said in a written\nstatement on Thursday (16\/4\/2026). Yuliot also directly inspected one of\nthe Waste-to-Electricity Power Plant (PSEL) projects at the Benowo TPA\nin Surabaya on Wednesday (15\/4\/2026). The power plant is built and\noperated by PT Sumber Organik and was inaugurated by the 7th President\nof the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo (Jokowi) on 6 May 2021. On that\noccasion, the President Director of PT Sumber Organik Agus Nugroho\nSantoso said that his company manages waste from the people of Surabaya\nand surrounding areas with a volume of 1,600 tonnes per day. Unlike\nwaste management in many other places that only handles new waste, PT\nSumber Organik also processes old waste piles so that they can be\nreused. \u201cWe process waste piles, both old and new waste, into useful\nmaterials,\u201d said Agus. The facility will process plastic waste into\nrenewable diesel-equivalent fuel through a pyrolysis process. This\nprocess begins with sorting or handpicking plastic waste, then heating\nit in a pyrolysis machine with a flue gas treatment system to meet the\nenvironmental emission standards set by the Ministry of Environment.\nCurrently, the waste-to-fuel facility is still in the construction\nphase. Based on initial trials, the facility is projected to produce\nrenewable fuel oil (BBMT) of 60-70 kilolitres per day, with processing\ncapacity that can be adjusted to the waste volume in each city.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/government-to-build-34-waste-to-energy-power-plants-by-2027-1776333067",
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