Jakarta (Greeners) – Following the finalization of Merah Putih Waste-To-Energy Plant in Bantar Gebang of Bekasi city, other eleven cities stipulated by the 2018 Presidential Regulation on Waste-To-Energy Plant acceleration to develop the plant are under the spotlight to finish the projects.

However, complicated bidding and third-party collaboration for incinerators development are still hampering their efforts.

Mohamad Nasir, Minister of Research, Technology, and High Technology said that the waste-to-energy plant development in 12 cities must be immediately implemented. To support the acceleration, Minister Nasir said that the Merah Putih Waste-To-Energy Plant model must be certified and included in the e-catalogue of product and service not avoid obstacles to build the plant in regional.

“We are in the state of waste emergency, hence the-12-cities mentioned in the 2018 Presidential Regulation must be pushed [to develop waste-to-energy] plants. The Merah Putih Waste-To-Plant pilot project needs to be certified and included in the e-catalogue of product and service, regulated the price so that mayors or bupatis (red : head of district) are aware and use the e-catalogue from BPPT, that why it no longer needs bidding. Because, the obstacle of waste-to-energy plant is the constant failures of bidding, so it [the development] is not finalized,” said Minister Nasir in Bekasi, on Monday (25/03/2019).

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Meanwhile, Rosa Vivien Ratnawati, director general of waste management, toxic and hazardous substances at Ministry of Environment and Forestry, said that it is impossible for BPPT to develop all the waste-to-energy plants. Currently, BPPT can only develop waste-to-energy plant with 100 tons of capacity.

Furthermore, Ratnawati expects for the capacity to be increased.

“Waste-to-energy plant development is not running together. Technology from BPPT is being used but regions also have contracts with other countries, such as Japan and Korea. Because, these areas could not wait for BPPT, so we also receive technology from outside, such as in South Tangerang using [technology] from Korea and Legok Nangka from Japan. I expect for small cities to be able to implement the Bantar Gebang Waste-To-Energy plant,” said Ratnawati to Greeners.

On other cities not included in the presidential regulation, she said that those cities can be included in the inventory to collaborate with BPPT, especially cities having difficulties to find landfills areas.

“It is the state of waste emergency and it is happening in several cities in Indonesia, for example in cities which do not receive Adipura, such as Jakarta, Bekasi, and Medan.Hopefully, they can built the waste-to-energy plant to tackle [waste] issue in the areas,” she said.

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Previously, Minister Nasir recommended to Coordinating Minister for Maritime Issues, Luhut Pandjaitan to change the concept of cleanliness, as current responsible is being taken by the government, to be public’s responsibility. For instance, tipping fee or operational, of which he argued public should finance it.

Furthermore, he said that good waste management is to clean the city from waste. However, if the concept is becoming the state’s responsibility by collecting and counted in rupiah, that’s a wrong move.

“I suggested to Coordinating Minister for Maritime issue what if the concept from cleaning waste to be changed because waste is all of our problem, and not just the government. It is true that we can adopt technology from other countries, such as Singapore, Japan, Korea, but we will be doing the design, planning. Bantar Gebang waste-to-energy is proof, so cities like Jakarta, Medan, Bandung, Surabaya, Jogja, Solo, Semarang, and Makassar are included in the-12-cities must be encouraged,” said Minister Nasir.

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Jakarta (Greeners) – Waste-to-energy plant in Bantargebang, Bekasi, finally inaugurated on Monday (25/3/2019) in Bekasi, by Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs, Minister of Research Technology and High Education, Director General of Waste Management, Toxic and Hazardous Substance of Ministry of Environment and Forestry, and Head of Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology.

The plant, dubbed as Merah Putih, is ready to manage waste up to 100 tons per day and produce 700 kilowatt of electricity. It will serve as national pilot project to tackle waste volume in major cities.

Hammam Riza, head of Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT), said Merah Putih Plant applies thermal technology with incinerator type using reciprocating grate. This technology is chosen because it’s has been applied to plenty of waste-to-energy plants in the world, environmentally friendly as it’s equipped with pollution control device, economical, and can be used for type of waste in Indonesia, also it has high level of domestic components.

“The main equipment from waste-to-energy plant comprises four instruments, — bunker to contain waste, platform, grab cane, and burning chamber with reciprocating grate designed to burn waste above 850 degrees Celsius so dioxin and furan can be minimized,” said Riza in Bekasi. “The heat carried by gas resulted from burned waste is used to boil water in boiler to steam, which will turn turbines to produce electricity.”

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The waste-to-energy plant also has Air Pollution Control unit to clean hazardous substances carried by exhaust gas, so the gas will meet the standards. In addition, there is pre-treatment unit to sort certain waste not suitable for the plant, such as metal, glass, rock, toxic and hazardous waste and large size waste.

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, said that the waste-to-energy plant is produced by Indonesians. With this facility, to turn waste into thermal energy can use the country’s own technology and not foreign technology.

“The waste-to-energy plant development started in December 2017 as President [Jokowi] was already upset, because waste issues was unsolved since he was a mayor [in Solo city]. So, we will speed up with lots of regulations, it can be finalized, said Minister Luhut. “Bantar Gebang waste-to-energy plant is going to be a pilot project for other areas or regions, such as Labuan Bajo, Balige, Pontianak which produce 100-200 tons, to be implemented in their own areas. The rules are there, just need to harmonize them.”

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The waste-to-energy is part of National Strategic Projects stipulated under the 2017 Presidential Regulation on National Strategic Infrastructure Project. The implementation is regulated under the 2017 Presidential Regulation on National Strategy Policy and the 2018 Presidential Regulation on Environmentally Friendly based Waste-To-Energy Installation Acceleration, which prioritizing on 12 major cities in Indonesia, one is DKI Jakarta.

Meanwhile, Yusmada Faisal, assistant of DKI Jakarta development and environment, said that the-115-hectares Bantar Gebang landfill can only sustain until 2021. With increasing waste volume, DKI Jakarta is predicted to have waste emergency if it is not properly managed.

“The Bantar Gebang landfill can only accept 7,000 tons of waste per day collected from Jakarta cities and 1,200 waste trucks. Hence, we need to think of solution of how to end sanitary landfill process in Bantar Gebang. One of the solutions is with waste-to-energy plant and ITF Sunter which will be finalized in 2021,” said Faisal.

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Jakarta (Greeners) – In spite of presidential regulation issued in 2018 stipulated the acceleration of waste-to-energy plant development, budget allocation for the tipping fee of waste management in regional remains an issue. Hence, Ministry of Environment and Forestry or KLHK is preparing a ministerial regulation on tipping fee subsidy for regions developing the project.

Novrizal Tahar, director of waste management at the ministry, said that central government will subsidize the tipping fees for 12 regions stipulated by the 2018 Presidential Regulation to develop the Waste-To-Energy plants.

The subsidies will be recommended by Minister of Environment and Forestry to Minister of Finance.

“If the 12 regions need [subsidy] for the tipping fees, then the region heads must submit official proposal to the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, the recommendation [from the Ministry of Environment and Forestry] then being forwarded to Ministry of Finance,” said Tahar in Jakarta on Friday (08/03/2019). “The subsidy’s technicality had been discussed and discussed among other sectors. So, it’s probably not for long for the ministerial regulation [to be issued], hence, it will ensure the project to be immediately developed.”

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Furthermore, he said that the discussion on the tipping fee guidance is final, however, it still requires several reviews and consultation from Minister of Environment and Forestry.

The requirements for the subsidy are official letter from regional to the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, already obtained Project Based Learned, recommendation for the proposed tipping fee, and assignment of the tipping fee submission.

He said the ministry’s team will evaluate and monitor the subsidy every year. The evaluation will determine on the total subsidy granted to the regional administrations.

“The tipping fee subsidy will be distributed every year. We [the ministry] will evaluate and monitor, if the waste-to-energy plant in bad shape or low emission cuts, it will reduce the tipping fee for next year,” he said.

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Currently, Surabaya city has finalized the installation of the Waste-To-Energy plant and operating. The plant potentially produces at least nine megawatt of electricity with the capacity of 1,000 tons of waste.

In addition, DKI Jakarta did its groundbreaking and Solo has run its gasification technology.

Previously, at the national working meeting attended by 11 ministries and coordinating ministry for maritime affairs, Minister of Environment and Forestry, Siti Nurbaya, announced that her office is closely monitoring regional administrations by issuing notes to regional administrations lacking with landfills. Minister Siti refers them as not good cities and underlines Waste-To-Energy plant to be the solution.

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Jakarta (Greeners) – Indonesia’s Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology or BPPT develops thermal-based waste management with 50-100 tons capacity per day at Bantar Gebang Landfill, Bekasi, West Java, said head of the agency on Wednesday (13/02/2019).

The facility will serve as waste fueled power plant and solution to the city’s waste problems.

Hammam Riza, head of BPPT, said that the issue of landfills in Indonesia, especially in major cities, are sophisticated.

Waste management using thermal energy, Riza said, one of the agency’s efforts to eliminate waste volume in short time and significant. The technology is claimed to eliminate 50 to 100 tons of waste per day and produce 700 kilowatts of electricity.

“Waste-fueled power plant of BPPT is under completion, it is predicted to be finalized by the end of March, this year. Despite of its relatively small capacity, the power plant is our active step to solve waste volume of big cities, including DKI Jakarta,” he said to Greeners via telephone.

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Furthermore, he said that electricity produced by the power plant can light up the streets surrounding the landfill and self-operate the machines.

“The power plant is a pilot project and prototype for others. Hence, it is built with small capacity. If this power plant is successful, it will be redeveloped into larger capacity,” he said adding that the pilot project is aiming to serve as green waste management technology able to tackle waste issue.

He said the development is being supported by domestic industry to ensure high value of national materials.

“The power plant is included in TKDN [Red : High Value of National Materials] which we can maximized and implemented,” he said. “In addition, the power plant development is based on presidential decree issued in 2018 on the acceleration for waste to energy power plant installation. Under the decree and TKDN stipulation, we want BPPT be able to become a key player for its technology assessment and application,” he said.

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Isnawa Adji, head of DKI Jakarta Environmental Agency, said that technology applied at Bantar Gebang Landfill can be an example for Indonesia.

The 110-hectares landfill receive nearly 7,000 tons of waste per day, said Adji, of which the thermal technology is expected to deal with the volume.

“In the future, cities with waste issues need to develop waste fueled power plants, and this power plant built by BPPT can be the reference. Of course, we are hoping for BPPT to be able to built with larger capacity,” he said.

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Jakarta (Greeners) – As one of the largest waste contributors with 8,000 tons per day, DKI Jakarta will start to built waste to energy power plant in Sunter, North Jakarta, in December 2018, said a senior official in Jakarta, on Monday (17/09/2018).

The intermediate treatment facility, as it dubbed, was initiated since 2009.

Isnawa Adji, head of DKI Jakarta Environmental Agency, said that the ITF Sunter project is a collaboration between PT Jakarta Propertindo, the city owned company, and Fortum, a Finland state-owned organization focusing in clean energy.

“ITF development will start on December 2018, working with Fortum Finland, and Jakpro will speed up the process. It will run at least 18 to 24 months and expected to be fully operating in January 2019,” said Adji to Greeners.

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Furthermore, he said that Jakarta’s waste volume is high, predicted between 7,000 to 8,000 tons per day, hence, it would pose another environmental problems if only rely on landfill, such as Bantargebang which had already exceeded its maximum capacity.

“ITF Sunter can only manage 2,200 tons per days. With 8,000 tons, the rests would have to go to Bantargebang, which would reach its maximum at least in four years,” he said. “So, we are planning to built three or fouITFs to anticipate reaching more than 8,000 tons per day.”

Nevertheless, he said that they had yet to determine the locations of the four ITFs. “Because, we need to select areas that are located in industrial zone with a minimum of 3.5 hectares. Full investment and clean and clear lands,” he said.

Director of Waste, Toxic, and Hazardous Waste, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Rosa Vivien Ratnawati, said that the ministry will help to settle the tipping fee issue which could reach up to Rp500,000 per tons per day.

“[Jakarta] administration would probably having difficulties with that numbers, so we will purpose grants to Ministry of Finance under our recommendation,” said Ratnawati.

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Based on the 2018 Presidential Regulation about waste to energy power plant, DKI Jakarta is one of 12 locations to develop the facility. The other locations are Palembang, Tangerang, Tangerang Selatan, Jawa Barat, Bekasi, Semarang, Surakarta, Surabaya, Denpasar, Makassar, and Manado.

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Jakarta (Greeners) – President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo said on Wednesday (2/11) that 35.000 MW power plants development is still far from target.

Up to October 24, only 36 percent out of 35.000 MW had already operating or Commercial on Date (CoD). Meanwhile, CoD on Fast Track Program 1, Program 2, and the new regulars which are part of 7.000 MW have only reached 83 percent from the 2016 target or 53 percent from the total target.

“It means the realization had only reached 9.4 percent from the whole target,” said President Jokowi in a press statement, in Jakarta.

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Furthermore, President Jokowi reminded that the development should have considered renewable energy use and gave priorities for geothermal, waste, hydro, micro-hydro which aimed to maximize the potentials of renewable energy.

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In relation to investment, President Jokowi said that investors were eyeing on the development but it still lack on implementation.

Data revealed that 71 out of 109 projects are still in planning and procurement phases. As a result, President had instructed all stakeholders to be transparent and evaluate the projects to determine and solve the problems in the field.

“I have asked Audit Agency to ensure the status of 34 power plants which are still on hold. These projects have cost trillions of rupiah, so, we need to ensure on the status, is it a go or not,” he added. “If not, then I will have to report to KPK [Anti Corruption Agency].”

Report by Danny Kosasih