Public information for the Cervera del Río Alhama biomethane line

The Government of La Rioja has opened for public consultation the 503-meter direct gas line that will allow the injection of biomethane into the Enagás network in Cervera del Río Alhama, promoted by B.Power Gen I, S.L. The announcement, published in the Official Gazette of La Rioja no. 219, dated November 12, 2026, includes the declaration of public utility of the installation, which implies the need for the occupation of the affected assets and enables their urgent occupation. Landowners have twenty days to file objections against file GN/5200026.

The legal framework of the authorization

The processing is handled by the Ministry of Economy, Innovation, Business and Self-Employment, through the General Directorate of Business, Energy and Internationalization, which signed the announcement on November 3, 2026. The document appears in section V. Announcements of the gazette, on pages 19232 to 19234, with the secure verification code BOR-A-20261112-V–573.

The file is based on Law 34/1998, of October 7, on the Hydrocarbons Sector, specifically in its article 78, as well as Royal Decree 1434/2002, of December 27, which regulates the activities of transport, distribution, marketing and supply of natural gas, in its articles 12 bis and 93.

Added to this is Royal Decree 919/2006, of July 28, which approves the Technical Regulation for the distribution and use of gaseous fuels and its complementary technical instruction ITC-ICG 01. The resolution bears the signature of the Director General of Business, Energy and Internationalization, Amadeo Lázaro Fernández.

80 bar pipeline towards the natural gas network

The projected installation is a direct gas line with a design pressure of 80 bar, intended to inject the biomethane produced in Cervera del Río Alhama into the Yela-Villar de Arnedo line of the Enagás natural gas network. The petitioner is B.Power Gen I, S.L., with CIF B75549980.

The biomethane is not generated in this pipeline, but in an organic byproduct management plant that is the subject of another project under processing, with files IPPC 100, AAI 10-2025 and EIA 09-2025, owned by Power Gen I, S.L. The requested declaration of public utility will allow for the imposition of easements and the urgent occupation of the properties listed in the annex of affected areas.

Six estates in polygon 34 and two manholes

Annex I of the announcement details the affected areas, all within the municipality of Cervera del Río Alhama and in polygon 34:

• Property RI_CE.ALH-1 (plot 326): 179.05 meters of trench and 538.87 square meters of easement; owners Hortensia Lacruz Calahorra, the heirs of José Luis Muñoz López, Alicia de Pedraza Bermejo and Laura María Isabel de Pedraza Bermejo; includes one inspection chamber.
• Property RI_CE.ALH-2 (plot 9010): 2.73 meters of trench; owner, the City Council of Cervera del Río Alhama.
• Property RI_CE.ALH-3 (plot 338): 7.37 meters; heirs of Inés Calahorra Muñoz.
• Property RI_CE.ALH-4 (plot 339): 108.16 meters; Vicente Agreda Jiménez.
• Property RI_CE.ALH-5 (plot 344): 89.99 meters; Serapio Mayor Marqués and Jorge Coloma Sáinz.
• Property RI_CE.ALH-6 (plot 347): 115.70 meters; Jesús Muñoz Melendo and Carmen González Lacruz; includes one inspection chamber.

Altogether, the trench easement reaches 1,510.51 square meters, temporary occupation totals 4,980.33 square meters, and two inspection chambers are planned with 8 square meters of permanent occupation. The easement prohibits plowing activities deeper than 50 centimeters and the planting of high-stem trees.

Twenty days to file objections

The project and the annex of affected properties may be examined at the Industry, Trade and Energy Transition Service, at calle Marqués de la Ensenada, 13-15, Logroño, and in electronic format on the regional government’s website, within the Industry and Energy area. Objections must be submitted within twenty days starting from the day following the publication of the announcement and with reference to file GN/5200026.

The act will be notified to the petitioner and the owners of the affected assets and rights, and will also be published on the municipal notice board and in the provincial newspaper with the highest circulation. The list of owners is published without prejudice to any third party with a better legal right, who must prove their title by any means of evidence admitted by Law and appear in the proceedings.

The announcement directly affects landowners in the surroundings of Cervera del Río Alhama, who may see the use of their plots limited by the easement, and confirms the progress of the associated biomethane plant, which is intended to integrate La Rioja’s renewable gas production into the Enagás main grid.

Source: Official Gazette of La Rioja, no. 219, November 12, 2026, section V. Announcements, pp. 19232-19234 (official reference: BOR-A-20261112-V–573).