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Infrastructure Grant Programme - FAQs

What are the criteria for funding?

  • The application for the grant must be made and accepted before the investment
  • Grants are awarded following successful assessment and allocation of funding by an independent private sector led board
  • The refuelling station must be open for third party access
  • The refuelling site must be based in the UK
  • Dispensing attachments should be consistent with industry accepted vehicle attachments with relevant health and safety standards

Who is eligible for funding?
 

  • Organisations interested to install refuelling or recharging stations for vehicles can apply for a grant toward the cost of the installation; private or public sector applications are welcome
  • Firms of all sizes are eligible to apply
  • Any company registered outside the UK is eligible for aid with respect to investments carried out in its UK stations

How are the grants calculated?

  • Grant of up to 50 per cent of the eligible cost is available for natural gas / biogas and hydrogen dispensing equipment
  • Grant of up to 50 per cent of the eligible cost is available for electric recharging points

What costs are eligible for gaseous and liquid fuel stations?

  • Investments in equipment - compressors, storage units and dispensers of liquid and gaseous fuels
  • Construction and civil engineering costs

What costs are eligible for electric charging points?

  • Capital cost and civils
  • Installation and signage of a conventional single or three phase electric charging point
  • Connection to electrical supply