“…Regarding governance barriers, many respondents, especially those working in government, legislative, and academic institutions, as well as NGOs, believe that complex bureaucratic procedures are a major barrier to implementing LCD. Although various bureaucratic reforms to the institutions that handle energy sector affairs have been implemented in Indonesia, past political influence and limited coordination are lingering issues ( Halimanjaya, 2019 ). This category of problems also includes the complex licensing procedures required for several government levels and institutions in different locations, with a lack of communication and knowledge gaps among relevant stakeholders ( Jupesta et al., 2011 ), a state of affairs that aptly characterizes the case of biogas installations in Bali ( Bößner et al., 2019 ).…”