Eight winners named in Indonesia's waste-to-energy tenders, including Chandra Asri unit
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- The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
Winners of Indonesia's waste-to-energy (PSEL) tenders, announced in July 2026, include a unit of petrochemical maker Chandra Asri and a subsidiary of state oil company Pertamina. At stake for nature is how much waste these plants will burn; the sources reviewed do not give the tariff or the length of public payment commitments.
- PT Chandra Waste Energy (Chandra Asri subsidiary) — Won a tender for a 1,161-tonne-a-day plant in Serang Kabar Bursa
- Pertamina Power Indonesia (Pertamina subsidiary) — Won a tender for a plant in Yogyakarta, with Tianjin TEDA of China Kabar Bursa
- Bakrie Power — Won a tender for a plant in Surabaya Kabar Bursa
- China Everbright, Veolia and Suez — Also among the eight winners Kabar Bursa
What happened
Kabar Bursa reported on 14 July 2026 that eight winners had been announced for Indonesia's waste-to-energy (PSEL) tenders.
The winners include PT Chandra Waste Energy, a subsidiary of Chandra Asri, which Kabar Bursa describes as the country's largest petrochemical and plastics maker; it won for a 1,161-tonne-a-day plant in Serang.
Pertamina Power Indonesia, a subsidiary of the state oil company, won a site in Yogyakarta with Tianjin TEDA of China, and Bakrie Power won in Surabaya; China Everbright, Veolia and Suez were also among the winners.
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What we don't know
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: the programme covers 33 regions, with about 91 trillion rupiah of planned investment.
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: Zhejiang Weiming and Wangneng also won Indonesian waste-to-energy tenders.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not give the electricity purchase tariff, the acceptance fee, or the public's 20-to-30-year payment obligations.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
Press and investigations
- Indonesia PSEL tender winnersKabar Bursa · 2026-07-14
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