At present there is very little infrastructure for charging low-carbon vehicles. But the Department for Transport has launched a 1 million British Pound 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.

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Posted by rjorr at July 23, 2009 6:05 PM