Uneven Progress
Government’s program to expedite a number of waste-to-energy plant projects are not progressing at the same pace. Only projects in Surabaya are ready to operate.
Retno Sulistyowati
March 31, 2020
RED-and-white chimneys tower between two main installations of waste to energy plants (PLTSa) that lined up on the edge of Benowo Waste Final Disposal Site (TPA) in Surabaya, East Java. The construction of a second unit plant, which was a follow-up development of a previous unit, was completed. It now waits to be inaugurated by President Joko Widodo.
Hendra Iswahyudi, director of electricity business development at the energy and mineral resourc
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