VATIS UPDATE Article

The government of Indonesia has issued Presidential Regulation No. 18 of 2016 on waste-based power plants to accelerate the plan to process waste into energy. “Remove trash from cities, and utilize it to generate electricity as a bonus,” the ministrys DG for New and Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation, Rida Mulyana, stated. Mulyana emphasized that globally, the waste problem was linked to social issues, health, and the environment, for instance, related to garbage, which was the source of pollutants.

So far, he noted that various parties had spent a significant amount of time to manage waste, and the waste problem was also brought into the political sphere. Further, Mulyana added that the government was committed to reducing carbon dioxide emissions and delivering three programs: the reform of subsidy, accelerated utilization of new and renewable energy, and the acceleration of the “waste-to-energy” program. The Indonesian government is seriously pushing this program, and the regulation is complete. The coordinating ministry has issued the derivative regulation.