November 4, 2025 | 08:35 am
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Managing Director Investment of Danantara Indonesia, Stefanus Ade Hadiwidjaja, stated that the waste to energy project is estimated to be able to absorb thousands of workers in a single project. The absorbed workforce can include those directly involved in the construction as well as those who are not.
"It could be 2,000 to 3,000 people during the construction period, whether directly or indirectly," he said when met at Danantara Indonesia on Monday, November 3, 2025.
In this project, an Environmentally Friendly Waste Processing Technology-Based Electricity (PSEL) facility will be built in seven agglomeration areas. The areas deemed ready have received recommendations from the Ministry of Environment because they have met several requirements, including the availability of land by the local government, waste transportation costs, and administrative matters.
Stefanus mentioned that the number of workers is likely to decrease once the construction process of PSEL is completed. However, there will be hundreds of people who will remain for the operational sustainability.
"Hundreds of people, whether directly or indirectly, will be involved in the implementation for the next 30 years, starting from a single point," he said.
The construction of PSEL is seen as a necessity to reduce the amount of waste generated in Indonesia, which is more than 55 million tons per year. One PSEL is estimated to help reduce waste generation by 1,000 tons per day.
This project requires funding of Rp2.5 trillion to Rp3 trillion for one facility. The resulting electricity will be sold to PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara/PLN (Persero) at a price of US$0.20 per kWh.
Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of BPI Danantara Indonesia, Pandu Sjahrir, stated that this project must consider commercial and economic returns. The commercial return must not be below the cost of capital and should not cause losses to the private sector involved in this project.
"The economic return is good from the perspective of environmental issues, job creation, and so on," said Pandu on the same occasion.
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