The European Commission will fund 24 projects relating to alternative fuels. For this, it will release nearly 300 million euros.
To continue to develop carbon-free transport, Europe is thinking big. Thus, the Commission has selected 24 European programs, which will be allocated 292 million euros in subsidies.
These cover all the alternative solutions to conventional fuels, in order to move away from fossil fuels. Projects include charging station installations and hydrogen stations. But this goes as far as a project to electrify assistance services in airports.
Nevertheless, projects aiming to supply the road network with charging stations of all kinds are in the majority. This is explained by Adina Valean, European Commissioner for Transport.
“Our €292.5 million investment will result in around 5,700 charging points at around 1,400 charging stations, as well as around 57 hydrogen refueling stations along the TEN-T network, all within 3 coming years, “ she specifies.
Ionity lands 28 million euros for charging
The big winner of these grants is called Ionity. The electric car charging station specialist will receive nearly 10% of the total. Thus, it is 28 million euros that he will receive to deploy more than 1000 charging points Ultra fast.
These 1000 terminals will be distributed among 194 stations, all in 13 countries of the Old Continent. The consortium will install them in France in particular, to continue to strengthen its network.
The project that will receive the most aid will be that of Greenway Infrastructure, also a charging specialist. With 40 million euros, the program will make it possible to deploy charging infrastructure in Eastern countries, and in particular for trucks. More than 1,000 terminals will be created, including nearly 50 for long-distance transport.
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Six French projects will receive aid
French projects are fortunately not to be outdone, since six of them will obtain funding. Montpellier-Méditerranée airport will receive 1.2 million euros to install charging stations for aircraft.
The RATP will be able to electrify the Malakoff bus depot, in the Hauts-de-Seine, thanks to 4 million euros. This will make it possible to install 200 charging stations. The other four projects are hydrogen-related infrastructures.
Thus, two green hydrogen production and distribution stations will see the light of day in Dijon. Air Liquide will deploy four additional stations in France, while Hype Assets will install ten in the Paris region. Finally, Hynamics will also be able to open four, intended to be used for public transport.