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View all search resultsConstruction of Bali’s waste-to-energy plant officially started
The Pedungan waste-to-energy (WTE) plant is estimated to be able to provide electricity for 100,000 households once it is operational.
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Scouring the scrap: Scavengers trawl through waste on April 17, 2026, at the Suwung landfill in Denpasar, Bali. (AFP/Sonny Tumbelaka)
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ali started the construction of a waste-to-energy (WTE) powerplant on Wednesday in Pedungan village, South Denpasar district in Denpasar city, aiming to write a new chapter of modern, integrated and sustainable waste management on the tourism island.
The powerplant is being built by sovereign wealth fund PT Daya Anagata Nusantara (Danantara Indonesia) through its subsidiary PT Danantara Investment Management (DIM) and PT DIM’s subsidiary PT Daya Energi Bersih Nusantara (Denera).
Bali is the first location for Danantara’s waste-to-energy (PSEL) plant, a national program to solve waste problems across the country.
“I would like to express my appreciation to Danantara Indonesia, local administrations, state-owned electricity company PLN and all parties who have worked together to realize the start of Bali’s waste-to-energy plant development,” Coordinating Food Minister Zulkifli Hasan said during the PSEL groundbreaking ceremony.
“This program can move forward because regulatory barriers that for years had slowed efforts to address waste management are now being simplified through deregulation.”
He said that with clearer rules, strong collaboration and good governance, he was confident that waste management can be accelerated to deliver real benefits for the community and the environment.
Located near Suwung landfill, the Bali WTE plant facility is the result of collaboration led by the Coordinating Food Ministry, bringing together the environment, home affairs and energy and mineral resources ministries as well as other relevant ministries and agencies, local administrations, Danantara and PT Wiming Nusantara New Energy as the plant operator.
