The European Commission announced, on Tuesday 13 September, that it has selected 24 projects to receive EU funding to develop the deployment of alternative fuel infrastructure.
The package, worth a total of €292 million from the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Facility, is expected to fund 5,700 charging stations, 1,400 refuelling stations and 57 hydrogen refuelling stations across 23 Member States along the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T).
“In line with the European Green Deal goals and the need to increase the EU’s energy independence, the projects will help Europe’s transport network move away from reliance on fossil fuels”, commented the Commissioner for Transport, Adina Vălean.
The formal funding decisions will be adopted in the coming weeks. For its part, the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) has started to prepare the grant agreements with the project beneficiaries. (Original version in French by Thomas Mangin)