Italian government lines up more than €100m of funding for 36 new hydrogen fuelling stations across country
Contracts due to be signed by end of this month, raising number of H2 filling stations in Italy from just two today
The Italian government is preparing to grant up to €103.5m ($111.4m) of funding to build 36 new hydrogen refuelling stations across the country by 2026.
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But the 36 new stations will give it the second most in Europe after Germany, which has 91.
The 17 companies — some of which applied jointly for the same projects — include oil & gas players Eni, Q8 Petroleum and Keropetrol; gas distributors Snam and Italgas; power and gas utility Edison; bus operator Sasa; industrial gases companies Teca Gas, Sol and Sapio; petroleum products distributor Beyfin; renewables players Alperia Greenpower and Gruppo Hope; biogas producer Green Factory; construction expert Dilella Invest; infrastructure services provider Gemmo; and hydrogen consultant SimplifHy.
Snam — through its 100%-owned subsidiary Snam 4 Mobility — has the most accepted projects, with eight.
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