The European Commission’s European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) has announced more than €424m (£363m) of funding for the roll-out of alternative fuels supply infrastructure.
CINEA funding, which opened 29 February 2024 and closes 24 September 2024, will support 42 projects across the EU.
Each has been selected under the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Facility (AFIF) of the Connecting Europe Facility, the EU funding programme supporting European transport infrastructure.
Under the fifth and last selection round of the first AFIF call for proposals, for which the submission deadline was 7 November 2023, 42 projects have been selected to receive in total €424m (£363m) of EU grant support.
This funding is coupled with financing from major financial institutions to achieve a higher impact of the EU grants.
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European commissioner for transport Adina Vălean said: “Since 2021, the EU has granted over €1.3bn [£1.109bn] through AFIF to several projects, deploying 26,396 electric recharging points, 202 hydrogen refuelling stations, and electrifying ground operations in 63 airports.
“This last call was the most successful regarding the projects’ number and quality so far, showing the growing interest in hydrogen and electric charging infrastructure.”
With this selection, AFIF will support approximately 4,200 electric recharging points along the European TEN-T road network, 48 hydrogen refuelling stations for cars, trucks and buses and the electrification of ground handling services in 21 airports.
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Director of CINEA Paloma Aba Garrote said: “We continue to support projects of paramount importance to the realisation of the objectives laid out under the EU Green Deal.
“With this new selection, the European Union is showing that a transition to zero-emission transport through alternative fuels is not a dream for the future, but something that is happening now across the EU”.
Achievements and innovations in EV charging infrastructure and alternative fuel solutions will be celebrated at the third annual CiTTi Awards, which will be held on 26 November 2024 at De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms in London. Nominations are open now! Please visit www.cittiawards.co.uk to learn more about this unmissable event for the UK’s transportation sector.
