Jakarta, May 4 -- CEO of Indonesia's sovereign wealth fund Danantara, Rosan Roeslani, estimates that building a waste-to-energy (PSEL) facility in Jakarta with a total capacity of 8,000 tons per day will require an investment of around US$1 billion.

"If we are talking about 8,000 tons per day, the investment is roughly US$1 billion," Roeslani said on Monday.

The Jakarta PSEL project is expected to begin operations in early 2028.

According to Roeslani, the facility's capacity could exceed 8,000 tons per day, enabling it to process the existing waste pile at the Bantargebang Integrated Landfill.

"Perhaps we will build it with a capacity of more than 8,000 tons per day, to collect old waste as well. It may not be limited to 8,000 tons pe...