The European Commission launched, on Thursday 29 February, a call for projects under the ‘Connecting Europe Facility’ - ‘Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Facility’ (AFIF). €1 billion has been made available to support the deployment of alternative fuels supply infrastructure for road, maritime, inland waterway and air transport along the trans-European transport network (TEN-T) (see EUROPE 13240/12).
“The increasing number of applications for the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Facility confirms the relevance of this funding tool for the European transport sector”, commented the Commissioner for Transport, Adina Vălean.
“This can be an important gap bridging for the massive investments needed to deliver a sustainable and accessible electric vehicle infrastructure, and I strongly encourage all Member States, and in particular those in Eastern and Southern Europe, to make use of it”, she added.
This call for projects is aimed at the road network, to support the deployment of high-power electricity recharging stations and hydrogen refuelling stations, as well as megawatt recharging stations for heavy duty vehicles. It is also aimed at ports and airports, to help supply electricity and hydrogen and, for the first time, ammonia and methanol bunkering facilities for ports.
For further information: https://aeur.eu/f/b2u (Original version in French by Anne Damiani)