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French companies are leading two of the eight selected consortia, while Chinese firms will participate in at least four projects, including two as consortium leader.
A trashpicker and cattle are pictured at the Putri Cempo dumpsite in Surakarta, Central Java. The government plans to turn waste to energy by building 33 processing plants nationwide worth a combined $5.6 billion, much of it from foreign investors. (JP/Ganug Nugroho Adi)
State asset fund Danantara has selected eight consortia to develop a second batch of waste-to-energy (WtE) projects, bringing in French, Chinese and domestic companies, as it seeks to attract foreign capital and technology into the country’s waste management industry.The second phase covers eight WtE projects across 20 cities and regencies, with the selected developers receiving conditional letters of award (CLoA) before progressing to full project awards, subject to meeting procurement, technical and financing requirements, Danantara said in a statement on Monday.
The projects are located in Medan in North Sumatra, Bekasi regency in West Java, Serang in Banten, Semarang in Central Java, Surabaya in East Java, Bogor in West Java, Lampung, and Yogyakarta. Development is being overseen by PT Daya Energi Bersih Nusantara (Denera), Danantara’s WtE unit.
