WHY THE WINDOW IS OPEN NOW

Landfills across the region are closing and urban waste volumes are rising. Penang's Jelutong landfill closed in November 2025; Malaysia's Sungai Udang facility already runs a 1,056-tonne-per-day, 22 MW concession; and national programmes in Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand are accelerating. The capital and policy support are arriving — the constraint, as in most of the region's infrastructure, is the capacity to convert intent into delivered, compliant plant. That is precisely where we work.

HOW WE HELP CLIENTS

Our waste-to-energy advisory spans the full project lifecycle, blending strategic, technical and commercial expertise so a project holds together from first feasibility study to commissioning.

Feasibility & Master Planning

Waste characterisation, catchment and tonnage modelling, site assessment, and demand analysis — establishing whether a project is viable before capital is committed.

Technology Benchmarking

Technology-neutral evaluation across incineration, semi-gasification and pyrolysis, matched to the local waste stream and grid — not to a vendor's preference.

Emissions & Compliance Design

EU-equivalent emission-control design for dioxin, NOx and SOx, plus material recovery for metals, plastics, bottom ash and slag.

Financing & PPP Structuring

Business-case development, tariff and concession modelling, and public-private-partnership structuring that stands up to lender and government scrutiny.

Procurement & Delivery Oversight

Procurement support, construction oversight and commissioning — the delivery layer that determines whether a bankable plan becomes an operating asset.

OUR PERSPECTIVE & TRACK RECORD

Ezra & Macquarie has taken a public, sourced position on the region's waste-to-energy opportunity and works with delivery partners across ASEAN. Explore our thinking and partnerships:

Weighing a waste-to-energy project in Malaysia, the Philippines or elsewhere in ASEAN? Let's discuss where the value — and the risk — actually sits.