Open AccessBiogas development: Dissemination and barriers
Author(s) -
Savitri Dyah,
Sriharti
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/277/1/012018
Subject(s) - biogas , business , agriculture , cow dung , manure , java , livestock , investment (military) , waste management , environmental science , agricultural economics , agricultural science , natural resource economics , environmental economics , engineering , computer science , fertilizer , economics , geography , political science , agronomy , politics , archaeology , forestry , law , biology , programming language
Biogas as alternative energy has long been developed in Indonesia since 1970, however, the utilization of biogas as fuel has not been optimum even can be said is still low compared to the potential. Biogas can be produced from wastes (agriculture, household, farm, etc.), but from various studies and experiments, the best biogas is produced from livestock manure. Initially, the biogas produced from livestock manure was not approved by the community because of the public’s perception that cow dung/manure is dirty and inappropriate to be used for lighting and cooking. Over time these perceptions have changed and biogas is more accepted, but the utilization of biogas is still not optimal, various obstacles arise. This paper provides an overview of the barriers in biogas dissemination in West Java-Indonesia, among others, the investment is expensive, the process is considered complicated, the reluctance to manage the digester like filling cow dung, etc. Knowledge of these barriers can be used for designing the method in disseminating also the pattern/model of biogas development and application in a community to be accepted and sustainable. Information was extracted by observation and survey, interview and learning from various studies and reports. In addition, action research was also conducted in Subang, Sumedang, Bandung of West Java. Results from the studies and action research, show that biogas is actually needed by society, especially in rural areas, if its price is affordable and its operation is easy or not complicated, and also supported by policy.