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Very rapid population growth, with the expansion of the industrial sector leds to increased energy demand and decreased environmental quality. One alternative to meet energy needs is to use renewable energy sources, namely biogas. Aside from being a source of energy, biogas that utilizes animal manure is also able to improve the quality of the surrounding environment to be cleaner and healthier. District of Sawangan, Magelang Regency has potential sources of biogas raw materials derived from animal manure. Recorded in the Livestock Population Report According to the Type of Livestock in Magelang Regency in 2017 by the Livestock and Fisheries Service, the number of dairy cows is 200, beef cattle are 12,633 and buffaloes are 375. With this considerable potential, researchers are trying to find out and explore information about peoples perceptions of biogas and their desire to develop and utilize biogas in their daily activities. With quantitative descriptive research methods and using Likert scale data analysis on 50 respondents, resulting that as many as 46% of respondents agreed that biogas as an alternative energy and want to have it as much as 54%. But in the statement about building biogas, most of them answered doubtfully, which is 70%. The doubts in building biogas are caused by, among others: the lack of sufficient information related to biogas, the high investment costs at the beginning of the biogas reactor construction, the useful life and function of the biogas reactor, and the availability of land as a place for biogas reactors. As a solution to these problems, IEC (Communication, Information and Education) programs can be carried out to the community especially breeders about biogas as a whole, program synergies among the government, academics and biogas developers to encourage biogas development as an alternative energy while enhancing environmental quality.