“We need constant assistance from the Central Government in completing this PSEL, such as regulatory assistance to funding assistance,” Mayor of Tangerang Arief R. Wismansyah said in a statement received in Jakarta, on Friday.
Wismansyah said that the existence of Rawa Kucing landfill, which is located close to the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport as the gateway to Indonesia (from abroad), must be handled properly so as not to disturb and express bad image.
The existence of PSEL in a major city in Indonesia like Tangerang will have a positive impact from the perspective of the volume reduction of waste which has been piling up and placing many cities in Indonesia in a waste emergency, he noted.
The PSEL will reduce the need for land for landfills, reduce the impact of greenhouse gas emissions, and FABA (Fly Ash and Bottom Ash) that can be utilized, through waste-to-electricity management, he said.
The location of Tangerang City PSEL will be only 1.3 km away from the airport fence and with the building height restrictions applied in the entire administrative area of Tangerang City, which is included in the Aviation Safety and Operations Area (KKOP) of Soekarno-Hatta airport, he said.
Hence, he added, this project will be developed in two locations, namely the Rawa Kucing Landfill and Jatiuwung.
A waste management system that produces Refused-Derived Fuel (RDF) and biological treatment facilities with heat and electricity generating units from biogas, will be built in Rawa Kucing, he informed.
The capacity of waste processing in Rawa Kucing landfill can reach 2,200 tons per day and has the potential to generate electrical power up to 13.5 MW. The RDF produced in Rawa Kucing will be used as fuel for the second thermal power plant at the second location, Jatiuwung, which can generate electricity up to 25 MW, he said.
The investment realization in the field of waste processing with environmentally friendly technology was officially implemented in Tangerang, with a value of Rp 2.5 trillion. The investment was carried out by PT Oligo Infra Swarna Nusantara (Oligo) with the Tangerang city government.
The two parties have signed a cooperation agreement represented by Tangerang Mayor and witnessed directly by Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Panjaitan on Wednesday (March 9, 2022).
The Coordinating Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Investment (Kemenkomarvest) said it is committed to accelerating the mandate of the Presidential Regulation No. 35 of 2018 on the acceleration of the construction of Waste-to-Electrical Energy Installations Based on Environmentally Friendly Technology (PSEL), focusing on 12 major cities in Indonesia.
Coordinating Minister Luhut Pandjaitan also said that the central government will fully support the regional government in achieving environmentally sound urban development, and that all stakeholders must be united to deal with this waste problem so as to have a positive impact for the environment, the people, and the economy.
“The issue of waste has long been an unresolved problem and it remains so to this day. Waste has become a general problem, today waste can not be cleaned because there are no shelters and management, there are shelters but because the management isn’t optimal, it becomes overloaded,” he said.
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President Director of PT Oligo Infra Swarna Nusantara Jacques Assouline expressed his highest appreciation of the central government, in particular the Coordinating Ministries of Maritime Affairs and Investment, Tangerang city government, and DPRD of Tangerang city, who have supported the investment cooperation discussion process so that the signing can run smoothly.
He also explained that Oligo’s investment value to Tangerang city’s PSEL amounts to Rp2,585 trillion or US$184,65 million (Rp14.500/USD).
This investment value also proves altogether that Indonesia has succeeded in becoming an investor-friendly country and that it is committed to increasing the quality of public health through improving the management of solid waste.
“Oligo is committed to grow and keep serving the people of Indonesia, especially in Tangerang City, and also committed to fully become a part of Indonesia’s sustainable waste management, through the development of environmentally-friendly facilities,” Assouline explained.
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