In Indonesia, Jakarta Globe reported that Australia has entered into talks to partake in Indonesia’s multibillion-dollar waste-to-energt megaproject
Australia has sent business delegates to explore investment opportunities in Indonesia. President Prabowo Subianto has ordered the state asset fund Danantara to spearhead the waste-to-energy project. Australia’s Business Champion for Indonesia Jennifer Westacott revealed that Danantara had made its business pitch of how foreign investors could join the country’s quest to generate electricity from waste.
“We certainly got a great briefing this week from Danantara about their waste-to-energy proposal, which looks very ambitious, and very, very important. Australia has a lot of capability in the waste-to-energy space,” Westacott said on the margins of the 2026 Indonesia Economic Summit.
“We began some conversations about bringing parties together from Australia with Danantara, … to see whether or not Australian companies can come in to either be providers or partners in what is really an important initiative of Danantara,” Westacott said.
As many as 24 foreign companies are now competing in the first tender to be the technological partner in the waste-to-energy project, according to the report. Chinese firms dominate the list, with no Australian participation in the tender. Danantara will unveil the results of the tender this month, with the groundbreaking on the pilot projects slated for the first half, it added.
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