The EU has launched a call for proposals under the Connecting Europe Facility – Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Facility (AFIF).
According to the EU, €1 billion is available to support the deployment of alternative fuels supply infrastructure for road, maritime, inland waterway and air transport along TEN-T, the trans-European transport network:
- Road network: support for high-power electricity recharging stations and hydrogen refuelling stations, and for megawatt recharging stations for Heavy Duty Vehicles
- Airports: support for electricity and hydrogen supply
- Ports: support for electricity and hydrogen supply, and for the first time for ammonia and methanol bunkering facilities.
The call we open today makes a further €1 billion available to fund the roll-out of infrastructure for alternative fuels on roads, including for urban city transport, in ports, and at airports across the Union.
… said Commissioner for Transport, Adina Vălean
This second phase of AFIF (2024-2025) will support accessible electric recharging points and hydrogen refuelling stations across the European Union’s main transport corridors and hubs.
This aligns with the objectives of the new Regulation for the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure (AFIR) regarding publicly available recharging points, as well as those of ReFuelEU aviation and FuelEU maritime. To remind, The European Union Council has adopted the alternative fuels infrastructure regulation (AFIR) which establishes, among other things, that maritime ports must provide shore-side electricity for vessels by 2030.
Applicants can submit their proposals before any of the three cut-off dates: 24 September 2024, 11 June 2025, and 17 December 2025.