At present there is very little infrastructure for charging low-carbon vehicles
The Department for Transport has launched a £1 million grant fund to encourage the installation of public infrastructure for low-carbon vehicles, including electric car recharging points.
Announced yesterday (July 22), the Infrastructure Grant Programme (IGP) is set to offer an average 50% grant for the installation of alternative refuelling infrastructure, including electric vehicle recharging, and natural gas, hydrogen and bio-methane refuelling.
The Programme is to be administered by the government's appointed low carbon vehicle delivery agency Cenex, and will run until 2011.
Rosie Snashall, electric vehicles and policy manager for the Department for Transport, said: "As our delivery partner, Cenex will leverage the demand from organisations wishing to install refuelling or recharging stations for vehicles, thus enabling them to bring down the costs of reducing carbon for everyone."
The scheme will offer funding for infrastructure hardware costs, and the cost of labour, civil engineering and ground works for each successful project Grants.Cenex said yesterday that both public and private sector applicants were welcome to apply for the scheme, and that firms of all sizes were eligible for grants.
But, speaking to New Energy Focus it added that: "applicants should also note that value for money is one of the assessment criteria and they are encouraged to maximise investment into the project before applying for a grant."
Robert Evans, chief executive of Cenex, said: "For fleet operators, the cost of installing, refuelling or recharging infrastructure has always been a barrier to switching fuel use. This programme will encourage operators to accelerate the introduction of lower-carbon technologies into the UK vehicle market, thereby helping cut the UK's total carbon emissions."
This programme follows on from a previous 30% grant scheme run by the Energy Savings Trust, that was set up to encourage the development of a nationwide network of public fuelling stations.Formed in 2005 and based at Loughborough University, Cenex is supported by the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and aims to promote and stimulate the market for low carbon and fuel-cell technologies.
The organisation will run three Infrastructure Grant Programme information days over the next two months, in Edinburgh, Birmingham and Port Talbot in Wales.
The Department for Transport has launched a £1 million grant fund to encourage the installation of public infrastructure for low-carbon vehicles, including electric car recharging points.
Announced yesterday (July 22), the Infrastructure Grant Programme (IGP) is set to offer an average 50% grant for the installation of alternative refuelling infrastructure, including electric vehicle recharging, and natural gas, hydrogen and bio-methane refuelling.
The Programme is to be administered by the government's appointed low carbon vehicle delivery agency Cenex, and will run until 2011.
Rosie Snashall, electric vehicles and policy manager for the Department for Transport, said: "As our delivery partner, Cenex will leverage the demand from organisations wishing to install refuelling or recharging stations for vehicles, thus enabling them to bring down the costs of reducing carbon for everyone."
The scheme will offer funding for infrastructure hardware costs, and the cost of labour, civil engineering and ground works for each successful project Grants.Cenex said yesterday that both public and private sector applicants were welcome to apply for the scheme, and that firms of all sizes were eligible for grants.
But, speaking to New Energy Focus it added that: "applicants should also note that value for money is one of the assessment criteria and they are encouraged to maximise investment into the project before applying for a grant."
Robert Evans, chief executive of Cenex, said: "For fleet operators, the cost of installing, refuelling or recharging infrastructure has always been a barrier to switching fuel use. This programme will encourage operators to accelerate the introduction of lower-carbon technologies into the UK vehicle market, thereby helping cut the UK's total carbon emissions."
This programme follows on from a previous 30% grant scheme run by the Energy Savings Trust, that was set up to encourage the development of a nationwide network of public fuelling stations.Formed in 2005 and based at Loughborough University, Cenex is supported by the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and aims to promote and stimulate the market for low carbon and fuel-cell technologies.
The organisation will run three Infrastructure Grant Programme information days over the next two months, in Edinburgh, Birmingham and Port Talbot in Wales.
