Potential Utilization of Dairy Cattle Waste into Biogas (Jetak Village, Semarang City, Central Java)

This study aims to identify the potential of dairy cattle waste to become biogas in Jetak Village as a solution in dealing with environmental problems. In this study using primary data obtained from 72 respondents through in-depth interviews, observation and documentation. The method used is descriptive qualitative with a qualitative descriptive approach and an analysis of conversion of dairy cattle dung into methane gas production. The results showed that the potential for renewable energy from dairy cattle waste to biogas was 4,424 kg / day or equivalent to 35.35 m3 / kg with a methane content of 24.75 m3. The utilization of dairy cattle waste in Jetak Village into compost / organic fertilizer has not been done by the community due to a lack of community knowledge and the motivation of people who are still low in processing livestock waste into other products.